Art Institute of Chicago
The Dugout (preliminary work)
Norman Rockwell · 1948
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist, Arlington, VT, 1948; given to Dorothy M. Bovaird (1909–1985; born Dorothy G. Mann) and James E. Bovaird, MD (1911–1984), Wolfeboro, NH, c. 1948 [painting inscription]; by descent to private collection; sold, Sotheby's, New York, May 20, 1998, lot 180, to private collection; sold, Christie's, New York, Dec. 2, 2009, lot 117, to Bruce V. Rauner and Diana M. Rauner, Livingston, MT and Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Laurie Norton Moffatt, <em>Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue</em> vol. 1 (Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, 1986), 179, cat. C444a (ill.).
- Sarah Kelly Oehler, "New Acquisition: <em>The Dugout</em>: Norman Rockwell's Loveable Losers," <em>Art Institute of Chicago</em>, Feb. 9, 2026, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/articles/1254/the-dugout-by-norman-rockwell">https://www.artic.edu/articles/1254/the-dugout-by-norman-rockwell</a>.
- Meg Fertig, "Serious Play," in "Staff Picks: Four Pictures of Summer," <em>Art Institute of Chicago</em>, May 26, 2026, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/articles/1261/four-pictures-of-summer">https://www.artic.edu/articles/1261/four-pictures-of-summer</a>.
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