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The Runaway Signed Artist Proof
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Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) The Runaway, 1926 Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post (September 20, 1958) Hand Signed Collotype signed in pencil lower right corner &
listed as edition Artist Proof (A/P). lower left corner. Image listed in Norman Rockwell, A Definitive Catalog by Laurie Norton Moffatt, C490.
This is a limited edition print. 295 prints of this kind were produced. A set of 200 were numbered; another set of 35 were numbered with Roman numerals. A set of 60 were unnumbered. All of the prints produced were signed in graphite by Norman Rockwell. Measures 27 ¾" x 26" inches.
Norman Rockwell brought Ed Locke and Massachusetts state trooper Richard Clemens to the Howard Johnson's restaurant in Pittsfield to be photographed for The Runaway. In the decade's since the painting was first published, Clemens has seen it "become synonymous with law enforcement" conveying the mission to protect and serve. "Wherever you go, in state police agencies or law enforcement agencies, you'll find a picture of The Runaway hanging somewhere."
From Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera
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