Collectible: Plate
Collector Plate "Threading a Needle" by Norman Rockwell
- Item Number
- 141
- Estimated Value
- 25 USD
- Opening Bid
- 9 USD
Item Description
Patience! Here's a classic Rockwell collector plate entitled "Man Threading a Needle." Issued by the Danbury Mint. Made by Gorham Fine China. Dated 1978. Each plate is presented on fine porcelain enriched by gold border, 8-1/4? wide, excellent condition. Comes with box. No certificates were issued for this series. Commentary from 102 Favorite Paintings by Norman Rockwell, Cross River Press, 1978: "It is a mark of Norman Rockwell's enormous skill that he has been able to make powerful covers out of the simplest and most unlikely subject matter. This one, painted for the Post in 1922, shows nothing more exotic than a middle-aged man attempting to thread a needle preparatory to darning one of his socks, yet it is one of his most successful covers of that period. The composition is strong because it is so simple, but it is the wealth of carefully observed detail that brings the painting to life. The man's features are a wonderful study in concentration, his tongue held firmly between teeth and lips and his nose pointing the way for the thread to go. His torso is rigid, and his hands, which seem much too big for the job, are pressed together so as to steady each other...." "Man Threading a Needle" appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post on April 8, 1922.
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