Year1976

Hand SignedLower Left in Pencil 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassGold and Brown Wood Frame w/ Double Mats 

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Story / Additional InfoRockwell's portrait of President John F. Kennedy first appeared on the cover of the Post in 1960. The illustration would also mark the end of Rockwell's association with the Post, when it was republished on the magazine's cover in December 1963, as a memorial following Kennedy's assassination in November of the same year. In the early 1960s, having lost audience and advertisers to television, the Post attempted to capture readers from Life and Look by using portraits and photographs on their covers, and Rockwell was assigned to paint political figures and celebrities. Rockwell was sent to India, Cairo, and Yugoslavia to do portraits of Jawaharlal Nehru, Gamal Abdel-Nasser, and Josip Broz-Tito. Then in June 1963, he wrote to the Post stating new conditions for his assignments and concerns for his health that would limit his future work. According to his son Tom, "this was Pop's way of breaking-without-quite-breaking with the Post." 

Certificate of AuthenticityEleanor Ettinger Inc. 

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