Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) Study for April Fool: Girl with Shopkeeper...

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, CALIFORNIA
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Study for April Fool: Girl with Shopkeeper
inscribed and signed 'sincerely, Norman Rockwell' (lower right) and signed again inversely (lower right)
graphite on board
16 x 15 1/4 in. (40.6 x 38.7 cm.)
Executed in 1948.
Provenance
Edward Alexander Camy (1904-1958), San Francisco.
Edward Graham Campbell (1886-1965), San Mateo, California, acquired from the above, 1950s.
Richard Arnold Campbell (1914-2001), Tampa, Florida, acquired from the above, circa 1959.
Gift to the present owner from the above, circa 1959.

The present lot appears in the Norman Rockwell Online Catalogue Raisonné, the Definitive Catalogue of the artist's work originally compiled by Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell Museum, Director/CEO.