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Norbert Lenz
Honoring the Pony Express (1860-1960)

1960

About the Item

Signed in image lower left; Label verso #196 From Lenz's House of Farnam "First Day" Cover Series Painter, illustrator and commercial artist Norbert Lenz was born in Norwalk, Ohio and received his artistic training at both the Huntington Polytechnic Institute and the Cleveland School of Art. During his career Lenz exhibited his paintings and drawings at such institutions as the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Butler Institute of American Art. Today the art of Norbert Lenz is held by the Columbus Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Butler Institute of American Art. Lenz was also a very highly regarded commercial designer of stamps. He worked for a number of years at the House of Farman, a leading vendor of first day covers for stamp collectors. He designed their decorative artwork or chacet, to enhance the stamp A cachet is a printed design on an envelope that commemorates an event. House of Farnam was one of the largest and best- known cachet-making companies. A First Day Cover is an envelope bearing a stamp which is cancelled on the day the stamp is initially placed on sale by the postal authorities.
  • Creator:
    Norbert Lenz (1900 - 1992, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1960
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fairlawn, OH
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: FA98731stDibs: LU1401085093

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