January Issue 2000
Norman Rockwell Lithographs On Display at Anderson County Arts Center
Fifty-two original, hand signed lithographs of Norman Rockwell's reflections of life will be on display at the Anderson County Arts Center, in downtown Anderson, SC. This exhibit will be on view through Feb. 4. The exhibit is sponsored by Elliott Davis & Co., LLP.
This exhibit features lithographs from one of America's largest private collectors of Norman Rockwell's signed originals. It represents the artist's unique perspective on culture and history in America. Professor Emeritus Walt Powers and his wife, Myrt, for years have treasured their Norman Rockwell artwork. Now their valuable collection of limited edition lithographs is going on the road.
Norman Rockwell, one of twentieth century America's most loved and respected social commentators and historians was born Feb. 3, 1894, the dawning of an era of great changes. From his first Post magazine cover in 1916 to his 1969 Look magazine Apollo II Space Icani cover, Rockwell was always there; keenly observing, commenting, precisely recording for future generations every stirring event and prevailing mood in the American scene from the Horse and Buggy Age to Space Age.
In 1943, Rockwell's studio caught fire and
destroyed many of his original oils that he had painted for books,
magazines and advertisements. In the late 1960's he was urged
to reproduce some of his earlier works as lithographs. The fifty
signed original lithographs in this exhibition resulted from this
act. They represent the artist's unique perspective on culture
and history in America.
Included in this exhibit is The Spelling Bee, reported
to be the first lithograph ever executed by Rockwell. Other signed
lithographs included are such well known Saturday Evening Post
covers as Before the Shot, The Ticket Seller,
See America First, and Dreams of Long Ago.
Several portfolios are featured in this exhibit including illustrations from the 1936 edition of Tom Sawyer and the 1940 edition of Huckleberry Finn. Other portfolios featured in this exhibit are Poor Richard's Almanac, the America, and the School Days portfolios.
This show is touring under the auspices of Exhibit Touring Services, a traveling exhibition services program in the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences at East Washington University.
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