Prints
NORMAN ROCKWELL Signed Print "MIGHTY PROUD"
NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978). Famous American Author, Painter and Illustrator.
Color Illustration Print Signed. "Norman Rockwell" for the 1958 Boy Scouts of American Calendar titled, "Mighty Proud", measuring 14" x 11", Choice Crisp Mint. This iconic Print comes from Rockwell's "Scouting Through the Eyes of Norman Rockwell" series. It is in excellent fresh vivid condition with Rockwell's signature in bold deep blue pen at the bottom right below the image, measuring a large 3.5" long. A tiny black stamp from Brown & Bigelow in the bottom right of the print notes the printer on this large glossy full heavy print paper sheet. The image features a depiction of a Boy Scout being dressing in his new scout uniform with his family's doting proudly over him and his achievements. His prior "Cub Scout" uniform seen on the floor at bottom right. A virtually identical signed print can be found online at the Norman Rockwell Museum store priced at $1,000 though it may be sold by our auction date. A beautiful fresh clean vibrant full margin print with an outstanding "Norman Rockwell" signature that is perfect for framing and display.
Provenance Ex: Alexander Gaston Collection.
In 1924, Rockwell began painting what would become a half-century of calendar images for the Boys Scouts of America. Each of these featured a scouting-themed painting using models from his successive home towns of New Rochelle, New York, Arlington, Vermont, and Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
The yearly calendar was published by Brown & Bigelow, one of the nation's largest calendar publishers, today the Boys Scouts of America own a sizable portion of the fifty-two calendar scenes which Rockwell painted.