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Lot #644
Norman Rockwell: “I probably would have been lost in modern art with my temperament and experience, my Dickensian view of people.”

“I probably would have been lost in modern art with my temperament and experience, my Dickensian view of people.”

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“I probably would have been lost in modern art with my temperament and experience, my Dickensian view of people.”

TQS entitled My Adventures as an Illustrator, one page 6 x 8. Rockwell recounts an early decision regarding his art instruction. In part, “It’s queer how important decisions…are sometimes made haphazardly. My first day I was standing at the bulletin board trying to decide whom I should take life class with; George Bridgeman or Kenneth Haynes Miller…If I had signed up with Mr. Miller, I might be a modernist now. I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t because my ability evidently lies in telling stories and modern art doesn’t go for that sort of thing. I probably would have been lost in modern art with my temperament and experience, my Dickensian view of people.” Signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint. In very fine condition. R&R COA.

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