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Lorraine FoxWedding Day - Norman Rockwell Americana - Female Illustrator1949
1949
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Recently, women artists have been soaring in price to millions of dollars. In many cases, many of these women were quite obscure. For example, recently acknowledged Gertrude Abercrombie, a naive surrealist artist, has recently seen her paintings rise to the area of $400K. Lorraine Fox, who is a consummate female artist/ illustrator whose work rivals any of the recently anointed female stars is still an unknown quantity. She has exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum and is in the collection of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, and she is a member of the Famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut along with Norman Rockwell, Today she is relatively unknown and completely off the radar of the so-called art establishment. Wedding Day is a wonderful example of her mid-century, somewhat naive style. The work is signed lower right and was exhibited at the Brandywine River Museum in the Fall 1985 show, America's Great Women Illustrators, Framed size 22.25 x 18.25
- Creator:Lorraine Fox (1922 - 1976, American)
- Creation Year:1949
- Dimensions:Height: 18.25 in (46.36 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Condition:Scattered craquelure, some surface grime.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU385312738872
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