Watergate Original Courtroom Sketch John Mitchell by Ida Libby Dengrove NBC News for Sale

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Watergate Original Courtroom Sketch John Mitchell by Ida Libby Dengrove NBC News For Sale

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Watergate Original Courtroom Sketch John Mitchell by Ida Libby Dengrove NBC News:
$2785.00

An original signed pastel, charcoal, and pencil sketch of the famous 1974 Mitchell Stans Trial, part of the Watergate Scandal, by Emmy Award Winning Courtroom Artist Ida for NBC News. Attorney General John Mitchell (featured in the sketch along with Judges Gagliardi & Sprizzo) -- and Commerce Secretary Marice Stans were defendants in a criminal trial of high drama and historic impact at the NYC Federal District Court.The sketch was drawn by Emmy Award Winning Courtroom Artist, Ida Libby Dengrove for NBC.

Currently, Ida Libby Dengrove\'s iconic sketch of Rubin Hurricane Carter is on display at The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. Her courtroom art collection is preserved by the prestigious UVA Law School Library and can be viewed in full on their special collections website. Her work has been purchased by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and John Gotti to name a few. Her drawing of the Pope hangs in the Vatican. Dengrove was mentored by Albert C. Barnes. After graduating from Moore College of Art & Design, she won a fellowship to study with Diego Rivera in Mexico.

Ida Libby Dengrove (1919–2005),

American painter, Emmy Winning Courtroom artist, teacher, illustrator
Media:Size: 18\"x 14.5\"

**(The number in the photo does not appear on the original sketch.) Please ask any questions that you have. No Returns.

A New York courtroom artist who \"visualized the moods and faces of some notorious trials\", Ida Dengrove was also a fine-art portrait painter. From 1973 to 1986, she worked as a courtroom illustrator for NBC-TV, and for her skills won two Emmy Awards. She also appeared on Late Night With David Letterman as a featured guest.She was recognized for her illustrations of the Son of Sam trial, 1977-1978, of David Berkowitz and for the Murder-at-the-Met trial of Craig S. Crimmins, a stagehand. Among her other subjects were Sid Vicious, Norman Mailer, John Lennon, John Hinckley, Yoko Ono and John Gotti.