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Secrets (Sister's Diary) Signed Print
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Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) Secrets (Sister's Diary), 1942 Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post (March 21, 1942) Media print lithography, special edition of 25 unnumbered on Inomachi Nacre (Japon) paper.
This March 21, 1942 Post cover was hand proofed and printed by Eleanor Ettinger in October of 1976. The ten-color lithograph measures 21" by 27" inches and the edition consists of 320 impressions on papier d'Arches. 200 were numbered and 60 artist proofs were signed in pencil by Norman Rockwell. 35 impressions, pencil signed and designated with roman numerals were reserved for the artist, and an additional 25 deluxe edition signed proofs were printed on Inomachi Nacre (Japon) paper.
Rockwell bribed his son to model for Secrets. After he remarked, "This mischievous little boy reading his sister's diary is my middle boy, Tommy. He was quite a little devil when this was painted and he still is. Just the kid who would read his sister's diary with great glee if he had a sister, which he has not"
-Norman Rockwell from Arthur L. Guptill's Norman Rockwell, Illustrator
When describing children Rockwell wrote that "I love to paint kids of this age group-about eight to twelve. When they are sad they are really sad and when they are glad they are boisterous and they show that. All this makes wonderful pictures. Everyone loves kids because everyone has been a kid so, in children, you have subjects with wide appeal -you have the public right where you want it. Kids as models are simply wonderful." The validity of this statement is clear when viewing Tommy's expression in Secrets. -Rockwell from Rockwell on Rockwell
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