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Norman Rockwell Signed Brooks Robinson Poster
Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over nearly five decades. Among the best-known of Rockwell’s works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter, The Problem We All Live With, Saying Grace, and the Four Freedoms series. He is also noted for his 64-year relationship with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), during which he produced covers for their publication Boys’ Life, calendars, and other illustrations. These works include popular images that reflect the Scout Oath and Scout Law such as The Scoutmaster, A Scout is Reverent and A Guiding Hand, among many others.
Rockwell’s work was dismissed by serious art critics in his lifetime. Many of his works appear overly sweet in the opinion of modern critics, especially the Saturday Evening Post covers, which tend toward idealistic or sentimentalized portrayals of American life. This has led to the often deprecatory adjective “Rockwellesque”. Consequently, Rockwell is not considered a “serious painter” by some contemporary artists, who regard his work as bourgeois and kitsch. Writer Vladimir Nabokov stated that Rockwell’s brilliant technique was put to “banal” use, and wrote in his book Pnin: “That Dalí is really Norman Rockwell’s twin brother kidnaped by gypsies in babyhood.” He is called an “illustrator” instead of an artist by some critics, a designation he did not mind, as that was what he called himself.
Norman Rockwell signed “Gee, Thanks, Brooks” poster, his famous 1971 portrait of Orioles player Brooks Robinson. Rockwell signs along the lower border in black felt-tip, “sincerely, Norman Rockwell”, with this poster one of Rockwell’s rarer signed prints. Indeed, it may have been specially signed for the recipient who posed for the original painting, as indicated by a note on the verso. Poster measures 25″ x 36″. Light foxing and edgewear including small .5″ closed tear to upper margin, and abrasion to green background near Robinson’s knee. Overall very good condition. Sold for $2,543.
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