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George Hughes
Eavesdropping on Grownups, Saturday Evening Post Cover

1955

About the Item

Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, December 2, 1950 The Post described, “One night Art Editor Stuart was having a party. His three boys came downstairs four times and were conducted back up by their mother. The next time they came down, Papa Stuart waxed excited, firmly conveyed them aloft himself, and they did not show up again. Stuart was warmly congratulated on his success as a father. When the party broke up, the youngest lad was found asleep on the stairs. Stuart claims that the older ones never did come down again, but this was probably because they merely went to sleep in their beds from natural causes. George Hugehes has painted some other people’s offspring, to get over the idea that children all over America are eager to improve their minds by listening to sophisticated conversation.” (The Saturday Evening Post, December 2, 1950, p. 3) Exhibited: Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge MA: Rockwell and Realism in an Abstract World. June 17, 2016 - October 29, 2016. Link to Exhibit Page
  • Creator:
    George Hughes (1907 - 1990, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1955
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Width: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38432367533
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