Lot 68125 · 2019 May 3 American Art Auction - Dallas
The Night Before Christmas (Santa Peering over Chair at Sleeping Child), Literary Digest magazine cover, December 22
Norman Rockwell · Oil on canvas
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- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Heritage Auctions — 2019 May 3 American Art Auction - Dallas · 3 May 2019
- Dimensions
- 28 x 24-1/4 inches (71.1 x 61.6 cm)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13597281
- Record
- first seen 6 Aug 2026 · updated 7 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Norman Rockwell, The Night Before Christmas (Santa Peering over Chair at Sleeping Child), Literary Digest magazine cover, December 22. Heritage Auctions, 3 May 2019, lot 68125. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13597281.
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Norman Rockwell, The Night Before Christmas (Santa Peering over Chair at Sleeping Child), Literary Digest magazine cover, December 22. Heritage Auctions, 3 May 2019, lot 68125. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13597281.
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