Who needs a Rockwell when we have Joe B.?

 They must be afraid Joe will steal 'em 
when he gets booted out...

The lively watercolor-and-sketch panels feature various characters like senators, military service members and a fashionably dressed woman on an elongated couch waiting for an audience with the commander-in-chief. The works are apparently owned by the relatives of Steve Early, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's press secretary, former White House curator Betty Monkman told Politico. Early's descendants loaned the Rockwells to the White House, she said. The drawings have hung on its walls since the Carder administration in 1978. Rockwell was reportedly inspired by a visit to the White House reception room when FDR was president in 1943. 

One of the most iconic and prolific American artists of the 20th century, Rockwell's paper-based art has fetched between '$50,000 and $200,000' depending on the market, according to Tuesday's report. His 1951 painting Saying Grace fetched $46 million at a Sotheby's auction in 2013.

'The fact that these pieces came from the White House adds a level of celebrity ownership which could add a layer of value but to value then you would need to have them professionally appraised,' appraiser Barbara Sussman told Politico. 

Many of Rockwell's works - including So You Want To See The President - were used as covers of The Saturday Evening Post, an American magazine that has been in circulation since 1821.

 

 

Inside the White House, they have reportedly been swapped 

with 'several jumbo photos of Biden.' 

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