"Maybe Someday"   Lot no. 1029

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By Robert Charles Howe (1954 - 2002)

1972 (Estimated)
20.50" x 15.50"
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Signed Lower Left
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The Saturday Evening Post Cover Competition, Final Study

In late 1972, The Saturday Evening Post, held a competition to find a replacement for its regular cover artist, Norman Rockwell, as he ended his 57-year tenure in the position. Among the hopefuls was an 18-year-old man named Robert Charles Howe, who submitted self-portraits of the teen-aged hopeful with the old master.

 



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ABOUT THE ARTIST

 

In 1972, when the Saturday Evening Post organization held a contest for the replacement of their illustrator, Norman Rockwell, Robert Charles Howe, then age 18, won the contest. Of the work he submitted, Rockwell said it was: "better than I was at 18”

Howe also became an illustrator in 1984 of children's books for the publishing house of E.P. Dutton.

 

 


 

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