NORMAN ROCKWELL (American, 1894-1978). SCOUTING WITH DANIEL BOONE, "NO ONE COULD SAY WHEN DANGER SUDDENLY MIGHT PRESENT ITSELF.", signed, "Norman P. Rockwell" and dated 1914, lower right. Oil en grisaille on board - Framed, 19 3/4 in. x 29 3/4 in. Estimate $125,000-175,000
Published: "Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue", S183, p. 631 ("Boys' Life, October 1914, as illustration for "Scouting with Daniel Boone", by Everett T. Tomlinson, p. 5); "Scouting with Daniel Boone", by Everett T. Tomlinson (New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914), p. 276. Provenance: By direct family descent to the present owner. The painting was given to the owner's grandfather, Dalton Auer Griffith of New York, New York in July of 1925 as a wedding present from his five ushers. The groom was a great outdoorsman.
Surface dirt and debris. Two small lines of green overpaint right side of painting in sky.
UV: Scattered small areas of possible inpainting; right side in sky, left knee of front figure and two dots along right edge in water.
