American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, Including Western Art from the Collection of 7-Eleven, Inc.

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Lot 144
  • 144

Norman Rockwell 1894-1978

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Description

  • Norman Rockwell
  • Mark Twain, 'Life on the 'Mississippi' and 'Tom Sawyer, Detective': A pair of drawings
  • each signed Norman/Rockwell, l.l.
  • pencil on paper
  • Sheet sizes: 9 3/4 by 12 1/2 in. 24.5 by 31.7 cm.; 12 by 11 3/4 in. 30.5 by 29.9 cm.
  • Image sizes: each 7 by 8 1/2 in. 17.8 by 21.5 cm. (2)

Provenance

Franklin Mint, Pennsylvania

Literature

Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell, A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, vol. I, pp. 399, 401, no. A373 and A377, one illustrated

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.