Photography by Dwight Primiano
Sick Puppy
ArtistNorman Rockwell(1894-1978)
Date1923
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions25 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 1 in.
Signedl.r., in red paint: Norman / Rockwell
Mark(s)u.r., verso, on frame: [Christie's inventory labels]
l.r., verso, on frame: [paper label] 02 DEC 04 / Sale 1440 / MAPLE / Lot 131
Inscription(s)u.l., verso, on frame, in back ink: 131
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.79
ClassificationPainting
Provenance(Pinch Penny Gallery); (Art Gallery, Studio 53, New York, NY); to Private Collection, 1979; to (Christie's, New York, NY), Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, December 2, 2004, lot 131; purchased by a private foundation for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2004
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 75× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.