Norman Rockwell
"Kind police officer" from the "American Family Life" portfolio, Sketch Drawing 1950s for Massachusetts Mutual Company
Media: offset lithograph on heavy cardstock paper
Licensed print, Signed in the plate, Produced in the c.1980s
Print Size: 11 1/4" x 14 1/4"
Matted size: 160" x 20"
Condition: In excellent condition

Norman Rockwell's 80 pencil drawings done for Massachusetts Life Insurance Company first appeared in a series of national consumer advertisements sponsored by the Company during the 1950s and early 1960s. Rockwell's appeal during his lifetime and beyond is derived from the familiar believable traits of each of the artist's characters and the nostalgic mood of their settings, as is evident in this work. In Rockwell's own words, "Without thinking too much about it in specific terms, I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed."

Excellent