Lot 1137
Rockwell, Norman. Huck Finn Folio. Limited Edition suite of eight full-color framed lithographs, based on the artist's illustrations for the 1940 Heritage Press edition of the Mark Twain classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. All artist proofs, with A/P penciled at lower left, and pencil-signed by the artist at lower right. Sight size: 20 x 25¼ in; framed size: 22½ x 28 in. Printed by Circle Gallery, August 1972. The edition was made up of 295 impressions; 200 were numbered, 60 were artist proofs signed in pencil by Rockwell, and 35 prints were pencil signed and designated with Roman numerals.
The eight illustrations in this suite include: "Then Miss Watson took me in the closet and prayed"; "Jim got down on his knees"; "Miss Mary Jane"; "My hands shook"; "Your eyes is lookin'"; "Then for three minutes, or maybe four"; "There warn't no harm in them"; and "When I lit my candle."
Estimated Value $2,500-UP.
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