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Presenting

Picture

​Donated to Bioponic World Foundation by the Norris family.

Norman Rockwell
Illustration, Americana 1894 - 1978

Bicentennial Celebration, aka, Happy Birthday America!
Saturday Evening Post cover, October 20, 1934

Lithograph, ​Handsigned by the artist
Published by American Artist

Release Date: 1976

Paper size: 22 x 28  
Edition size: 950
Designation: 69/950 

Dealer comment: The only LEP produced of this edition size. Rockwell's latter years were a decline into frailty and dementia. After giving so much -- this was his last magazine cover, last edition signing, and last self portrait. His signature in this edition is shakey as no other was. His signature previously almost always in perfect, confident, flow.

This print has been pressed and cleaned and is in perfect condition. 

Condition: excellent
Framed under glass
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Certificate of authenticity provided.

Price: contact for price
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Payment is directly received by Bioponic World Foundation.



Historical Description

Liberty Bell (Celebration), 1976
The U.S. bicentennial was celebrated in a variety of ways in 1976, all distinctly American. American Artist magazine chose Norman Rockwell, the quintessential American artist, to paint the cover illustration for its July 1976 issue. In an accompanying article, Editor Susan E. Meyer wrote that "it seemed fitting that America's favorite art magazine should commission America's favorite painter to celebrate the occasion of the nation's 200th birthday."

The painting, done when Rockwell was 82, was his last magazine cover illustration. It depicts the artist and another American symbol, the Liberty Bell. Rockwell's concept was simple: the artist and his paint box, the bell, and a celebrative red happy birthday banner. The painting focuses on the essence of the bicentennial celebration, as Americans took time away from their responsibilities to celebrate American life, freedoms, and values with their country and each other.

Liberty Bell was Rockwell's second cover illustration for American Artist (the first appeared in 1964). Rockwell himself appeared on the cover in 1940, shortly after the magazine was founded.


Liberty Bell (Celebration), Norman Rockwell, 1976. Oil on canvas, 45" x 33". Cover illustration for American Artist, July 1976. Collection of Billboard Publications. 

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​Ingrid Bond
Bond Fine Art
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