NORMAN ROCKWELL (American, 1894-1978). Income Taxes (Beating the Deadline), The Saturday Evening Post preliminary cover,...

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NORMAN ROCKWELL (American, 1894-1978)
Income Taxes (Beating the Deadline), The Saturday Evening Post preliminary cover, March 17, 1945
Pencil on paper
32-1/2 x 29 inches (82.6 x 73.7 cm) (sheet)
Signed and inscribed lower center: to my / good friend / George Zimmer / sincerely, / Norman Rockwell

PROVENANCE:
The artist;
George W. and Sybilla Zimmer, gift from the above;
By descent to the present owners, grandchildren of the above.

The figures depicted in this preliminary study for The Saturday Evening Post are George and Sybilla Zimmer. Sybilla did not appear on the final cover, released March 17, 1945; however, she was subsequently featured, alongside George, on the magazine's well-recognized cover titled, The Gossips, on March 6, 1948. George Zimmer modeled for a total of seven Post covers.

The present work hung on display on the wall of George Zimmer's game room, which hosted many a poker night attended by none other than Rockwell himself, as well as other famous Post artists such as George Hughes and Mead Schaeffer in Arlington, Vermont.

More information about NORMAN ROCKWELL. See also: Rockwell, Norman, Norman Rockwell, Rockwell, Norman Perceval Artist.



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