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Home > Illustrations > "Elena will be your wife," the mayor said. "She will sleep in your house."

“Elena will be your wife,” the mayor said. “She will sleep in your house.”

By Joe De Mers | Created: ca.1954

“Elena will be your wife,” the mayor said. “She will sleep in your house.”
Publication
  • The Saturday Evening Post
Publication Date
  • June 4, 1954
Medium
  • Gouache
Support
  • Illustration Board
Illustration Size
  • 20 x 16.5 in.
Collection
  • Norman Rockwell Museum Collection, NRM.2015.01.235

©Curtis Publishing

Joe De Mers (1910-1984)

“Elena will be your wife," the mayor said. “She will sleep in your house.”

Story illustration for The Exile of Paradise Island, The Saturday Evening Post, June 4, 1954

Gouache and pencil on board

Norman Rockwell Museum Collection, from the Estate of Joe De Mers

Genres
  • Fairy Tales and Fables
  • Story Illustration
Global Perspectives
  • North America
Related Time Periods
  • The Decade 1950-1960 The Decade 1950-1960

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