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Property from the Estate of Margaret de Forest Csenge

Norman Rockwell

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