Norman Rockwell 1894-1978

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Description

Norman Rockwell
'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' and 'The Prince and the Pauper': A Pair of Drawings from the 'Mark Twain Classics' Series
each signed Norman Rockwell; the second inscribed The Prince and Pauper Man in the margin
charcoal on paper, unframed
Sheet sizes: 12 by 14 in.
30.5 by 35.5 cm.

Provenance

Franklin Mint, Pennsylvania

Literature

Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell, A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, vol. II, pp. 398-399, nos. A370 and A374

Catalogue Note

These drawings, commissioned by the Franklin Mint and executed in 1974 by Rockwell, were part of series used for a limited edition of ingots based on the writings of Mark Twain.