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Grandma Moses "Home" oil on Masonite, 1944.
oil on canvas, 1918. Signed lower right, "Norman / Rockwell". Canvas: 27.25"H x 24"W; Frame: 34.5"H x 31.5"W. PROVENANCE: Private collection. Hammer Galleries, New York. From the Collection of Sam Wyly, Dallas, Texas (acquired from the above in 2001). LITERATURE: Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, March 30, 1918 (cover, illustrated). Laurie Norton Moffatt, "Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue," Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1956, Vol. I, no. C93, p. 36 (illustrated). "18th, 19th & 20th Century American Masters," Elliott Yeary Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, pp.17 - 18 (illustrated in color, p. 18). Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978) took a step away from the youthful subject matters seen in his illustrations for Boys' Life and other publications of the time with his covers for Leslie's Illustrated Weekly. The cover for March 1918 is a prime example of these more mature themes with its solemn tones of war. Though a simple image, Rockwell manages to convey battle through the scattered shells and rubble on which the soldier in full combat gear kneels, as well as with the warm red glow reflected on the left side of the soldier's face. At a time when World War I seemed to be unending, Easter (Soldier Watering a Tulip) conveyed a touch of hope, that even though our husbands, sons, and fathers were off fighting a war, they were still able to find the simple beauties and small moments of peace in life. The Great War would end a little over six months later.