Poor Richards Almanack Suite of 7 1973 HS - 7 Framed Lithographs

Year1973

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassGold Frame w/ White Mat 

Purchased fromAuction House 2024 

Provenance / HistoryPurchases from Lion and Unicorn auction house 

Story / Additional InfoBeautiful suite of seven framed color lithographs on stamped Rives paper from the limited edition by Norman Rockwell entitled Poor Richard's Almanack inspired by Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack. Four lithographs including Ben's Belles, The Golden Age, Ben Franklin's Philadelphia, and Drunkard are set in gilded wood frame with off-white mats. The three remaining lithographs, The Village Smithy, Olde Print Shoppe, and The Royal Crown are inside the portfolio with the title pages. Paris. Each lithograph is signed in pencil on the lower right: Norman Rockwell. Numbered on lower left: The lithographs were pulled at Atelier Mourlot, Each frame size: 23"L x 27.10"H x 0.60"W. Sight size: 16"L x 19"H. Lithographs sizes: 20"L x 25.50"H. Box dimensions: 21"L x 27"H x 1.50"W. This item has its original portfolio. 

Certificate of AuthenticitySt. Mullins Fine Art 

Additional InformationSUPER SUPER 

LID174381

Norman Rockwell - United States

Art Brokerage: Park West Artist: Norman Rockwell American Artist: b. 1894-1978. An enormously popular illustrator, American artist Norman Rockwell specialized in warm and humorous scenes of everyday small-town life. The cover of The Saturday Evening Post was Norman Rockwell's showcase for over forty years, giving him an audience larger than that of any other artist in history. Over the years he depicted there a unique collection of Americana, a series of vignettes of remarkable warmth and humor. In addition, Norman Rockwell painted a great number of pictures for story illustrations, advertising campaigns, posters, collotypes, calendars, and books. As Rockwell's personal contribution during World War II, Rockwell painted the famous "Four Freedoms" posters, symbolizing for millions the war aims as described by President Franklin Roosevelt. One version of Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art Brokerage is one of the main secondary sources for Norman Rockwell lithographs, colloytypes, drawings and original oils on canvas. Please email us any for original paintings for sale. Please read Vanity Fair article November 2009...several major shows are touring this year. We are looking for drawings or original oils. The market is good for Rockwell if they are well priced.