Lot 178
  • 178

Norman Rockwell 1894-1978

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Norman Rockwell
  • The Newlyweds
  • signed Norman Rockwell, dated November 1969 and dedicated My best wishes to my friend and patron Geoff Priestley on the mat
  • gouache over black and white photograph
  • 9 1/4 by 8 in.
  • 23.5 by 20.3 cm.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist
Geoffrey Priestley, Dayton, Ohio (merchandising manager, Top Value Enterprises, Inc.)
By descent to the present owners

Catalogue Note

The image seen here was used as a cover for a 1967 Top Value Stamps gift catalogue.  Top Value Enterprises commissioned Rockwell in the 1960s to create several covers.  Rockwell chose the Priestleys as models for this particular cover.  Mr. Priestley was the executive at the company who engaged him for this project.