Here's what the auction looked like”American Art“: 115 works in the catalogue, artists who lived and worked in three centuries, XIX, XX and XXI.
The first top lot made 22.565.000 (USD), work of Norman Rockwell (1894-1978). Title: The Rookie (Red Sox Locker Room) – signed below in the center 'Norman/Rockwell' – oil on canvas 104,1×99 cm, painted in 1957.
A significant work, also represented the second cover for the March issue of Saturday Evening Post. It is definitely a typical iconic image of the artist, who never neglected to carry in his art the culture of a nation with its vision of America. He was an illustrator How to illustrator was one of the greatest mass communicators of his century.Painted one wide range of topics that represented the social and technological change of his country, thus helping to create a sense of identity national through his art, producing more than 800 magazine covers. Il Rookie (Red Sox Locker Room), depicts un great pastime American, it is ed painted in a palette decidedly patriotic colors " red, white and blue".
More Tops (award value is shown in USD):
Thomas Moran (1837-1926) -The Grand Canyon of the Colorado – 12,485,00
Stuart Davis (1892-1964) – Anchors – 1,805,000
Edward Hopper (1882-1967) - Coast Guard Boat I - 1,745,000
Milton Avery (1885-1965) – Siesta – 1,565,000
Milton Avery (1885-1965) - The Mandolin Player - 1,445,000
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) - Spirit of America - 1,085,000
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) - The Collector - 965,000
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) – A Shady Spot, Houghton Farm – 965,000
Francis Augustus Silva (1835-1886) – October on the Hudson – 941,000
Arthur G. Dove (1880-1946) – Departure from Three Points – 845,000
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905) – Duck Shooting, Some of the Right Sort – 845,000
Childe Hassam (1859-1935) – Dock Scene, Gloucester – 785,000
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) – Atlas Landscape – 725,000
Thomas Moran (1837-1926) – In the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming – 725,000
