Below is a replica of "The Dugout" that was painted for the Saturday Evening Post in 1948 by Norman Rockwell. It was sold at an auction in New York recently for almost $700K.
The painting represents fans cheering at a downhearted Cubs team that is slumped in the dugout, as a bat boy stands in the front with a dejected face.
"Rockwell's The Dugout is one of the most popular images of the game of baseball in the world of art. Rockwell was a expert at reproducing the comical aspect and feeling of the game from the out of control crowd, to the embarrassment of the Cubs players slumped down in the dugout. Rockwell has skillfully captured the spirit of America's greatest pastime, without even showing us the actual game itself.
The painting represents fans cheering at a downhearted Cubs team that is slumped in the dugout, as a bat boy stands in the front with a dejected face.
"Rockwell's The Dugout is one of the most popular images of the game of baseball in the world of art. Rockwell was a expert at reproducing the comical aspect and feeling of the game from the out of control crowd, to the embarrassment of the Cubs players slumped down in the dugout. Rockwell has skillfully captured the spirit of America's greatest pastime, without even showing us the actual game itself.
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