Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)

Growth of a Leader

Details

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Growth of a Leader
signed with initials 'N/R' (lower right)
oil on paper laid down on board
13½ x 10½ in. (34.3 x 26.7 cm.)

Provenance

The artist.
Private collection.
Phillips, New York, 21 October 1982, lot 80.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Lot Essay

Growth of a Leader is a study for a 1966 Boy Scouts of America calendar illustration. Rockwell frequently used friends and neighbors as models and in the present work, a Vermont neighbor named James Buddy Edgerton serves as the model for three of the four figures and the Cub Scout is Edgerton's son.

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