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Norman Rockwell Double Takes

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Published Dec. 21 2009 10:55AM EST

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell---triple-self-portrait_rqmvce — From American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell / Courtesy of MoAFL

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell---triple-self-portrait_flfq8a — Oil on canvas, 44 ½” x 34 1/3”
Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, February 13, 1960
From American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell / Courtesy of MoAFL

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell-behind-the-camera-5_wo9av9 — From Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera / Courtesy of Little, Brown & Company

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell-behind-the-camera-6_narggp — From Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera / Courtesy of Little, Brown & Company

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell-behind-the-camera-3_b70sq0 — From Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera / Courtesy of Little, Brown & Company

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell-behind-the-camera-4_xztnro — From Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera / Courtesy of Little, Brown & Company

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell-behind-the-camera-1_kyeik9 — From Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera / Courtesy of Little, Brown & Company

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell-behind-the-camera-2_typ2uf — From Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera / Courtesy of Little, Brown & Company

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell-behind-the-camera-8_xzwavn — From Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera / Courtesy of Little, Brown & Company

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell-behind-the-camera-7_x16sor — From Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera / Courtesy of Little, Brown & Company

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell---girl-at-mirror_nusloj — Oil on canvas, 31 ½” x 29 ½”
Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, March 5, 1954
From American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell / Courtesy of MoAFL

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell---no-swimming_vkufmy — Oil on canvas, 25 ¼” x 22 ¼”
Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, June 4, 1921
From American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell / Courtesy of MoAFL

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell---freedom-from-want_vmselq — The Saturday Evening Post, March 6, 1943 (story illustration) Oil on canvas
45 3/4 x 35 1/2 in
From American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell / Courtesy of MoAFL

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell---checkers_xsnwul — Story illustration for Ladies' Home Journal July 1928
Oil on canvas. 35 x 39 in. (88.9 x 99.1 cm)
From American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell / Courtesy of MoAFL

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell---mine-americas-cole_it6rz0 — Oil on canvas, 21” x 14”
Illustration for the U.S. Office of War Information poster
From American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell / Courtesy of MoAFL

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell---murder-mississippi_fmdxk7 — Oil on canvas, 53” x 42”
Painting intended as the final illustration for Southern Justice by Charles Morgan, Jr., Look, June 29, 1965, unpublished
From American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell / Courtesy of MoAFL

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell---problem-we-all-live_xaprxt — Oil on canvas, 36” x 58”
Illustration for Look, January 14, 1964
From American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell / Courtesy of MoAFL

galleries/2009/12/21/norman-rockwell-double-takes/norman-rockwell---new-kids-in-the-neighborhood_pwvmhm — From American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell / Courtesy of MoAFL

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