Norman Rockwell 
"Jockey Weighing In"
Norman Rockwell's Weighing In (The Jockey) originally created for the June 28, 1958 Saturday Evening Post cover.
This piece is:
Vintage Offset Lithographic Art Print 
Hand Signed in ink by Norman Rockwell
Image originally created for the Saturday Evening Post cover 
New custom frame
Matted in hand wrapped off white linen with a gold fillet
FRAMED SIZE : 26" x 33"
Image Size: 16" x 23"
Please Note: The image/paper shows minor signs of wear due to age, which contribute to its vintage character.  There is some discoloration  (age spots) on the paper that is due to its age- please see provided images. It has been newly and professionally framed, making it ready for display in any space.
Very Rare!! A True Collectors Item.
Hanging hardware mounted on the back
Ready to Ship
 
NORMAN ROCKWELL BIOGRAPHY
Norman Percevel Rockwell was born on February 3, 1894 in a brownstone on 103rd street and Amsterdam Avenue in New York City, New York. Norman Rockwell always wanted to be an artist.
Being poorly coordinated, he realized by the age of 12, that he was unable to compete satisfactorily in sports, so he used his drawing skills to entertain his contemporaries.  By 1908, when he was 14, Norman Rockwell left high school and switched to the National Academy School as full time student.  In 1910, he left the academy and transferred to the Art Students League, where he studied with Thomas Fogarty and George Bridgman. Fogarty's instruction in illustration prepared Rockwell for his first commercial commissions. From Bridgman, Rockwell learned the technical skills on which he relied throughout his long career.
He did odd jobs to support himself, while still living with his parents.  By 1912 illustrating jobs were coming in fast enough to make other employment unnecessary.  He executed his first commission, before the age of 16 (4 Christmas cards for Mrs. Arnold Constable), illustrated his first book when he was only 17 (Tell Me Why Stories), became art director of Boy’s Life the official publication of the Boy Scouts of America,  at 19. At age 21, Rockwell's family moved to New Rochelle, New York, a community whose residents included such famous illustrators as J.C. and Frank Leyendecker and Howard Chandler Christy. There, Rockwell set up a studio with the cartoonist Clyde Forsythe and produced work for such magazines as Life, Literary Digest and Country Gentleman.  He reached the Pinnacle of his profession by doing for cover America’s most popular magazine, The Saturday Evening Post considered by Rockwell to be the "greatest show window in America", when he was 22.
Over the next 47 years, another 321 Rockwell covers would appear on the cover of the Post. Also in 1916, Rockwell married Irene O'Connor.
During the twenties, Norman Rockwell became rich and famous.  He took up golf, sailing, joined clubs, found his very own bootlegger and spent as much time partying as did painting.  He was accepted by society, pursued by publishers and divorced by Irene.  He became the top cover artist for the Saturday Evening Post.  His work appeared almost every month and beginning in 1919 he did a Christmas cover every year without interruption until 1943 – but was tempted by others offers.