ROCKWELL NORMAN Small archive of 10 items Signed N Norman or

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ROCKWELL, NORMAN. Small archive of 10 items Signed, "N," "Norman," or "Norman Rockwell," to, or concerning, Famous Artists School: 8 Typed Letters * Two Documents. The letters, to Alex Domonkos, Rex Taylor, Stan Walker, Fritz Henning, and other representatives of FAS. The documents, agreements setting forth the respective obligations of FAS and Rockwell. Together 10 pages, mostly 4to; condition generally good. Stockbridge [MA], 1962-72

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2 August 1958, to Rex Taylor: ". . . Would you please send me Dinah Shore's address, as I would like to drop a line to her. Should I write Joey [Bishop] a fan letter too? . . ."
27 August 1968, to Rex Taylor: ". . . I am sending the portrait of Johnny Carson to you . . . . I would like to have it in your possession so that, when we go to the Johnny Carson show we will have it with us. . . ."
15 September, to Fritz Henning: ". . . I have picked out two pictures of the Prince and Princess of Monaco, and will make a charcoal drawing of them to be presented to them by the FAS school. . . ."
with--John G.W. Mahanna. Typed Letter Signed, to Rockwell, referring to his visit with Senator Ted Kennedy and his address to the National Press Club in July. Washington, 28 June 1967.
Rockwell was a co-founder of Famous Artists School in 1948, which offered correspondence courses in art and continues to do so today.