Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Property from the Estate of Margaret de Forest Csenge
The Coward (Woman Kissing Soldier)
Auction Closed
May 16, 09:00 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Margaret de Forest Csenge
Norman Rockwell
1894 - 1978
The Coward (Woman Kissing Soldier)
signed Norman / Rockwell (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 by 24 in.
71.1 by 61 cm.
Executed in 1919.
Margaret and George de Forest Csenge, New York (acquired directly from the artist circa 1930)
Private Collection, Connecticut (acquired by descent from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Life Magazine, vol. 73, 10 April 1919, illustrated in color on the cover
Mary Moline, Norman Rockwell Encyclopedia: A Chronological Catalog of the Artist's Work 1910-1978, Indianapolis, 1979, no. 1-69, p. 26, illustrated
Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, vol. I, Stockbridge, 1986, no. C110, p. 42, illustrated
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