Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), “The Rookie” (Red Sox Locker Room),” 1957.
Cover illustration for “The Saturday Evening Post,” March 2, 1957.
Featured in the exhibition, “Norman Rockwell’s 323 ‘Saturday Evening Post’ Covers.” Norman Rockwell Museum Digital Collections. © SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN

We had baseball on the mind after a visit last week from Norman Rockwell’s original “Rookie,” model Sherm Safford.

The subject of Rockwell’s 1957 painting (represented in our current exhibition of all 323 Saturday Evening Post cover tear sheets) joined us to take part in the filming of a segment for CBS Evening News, to be broadcast around the occasion of Christie’s auction of the original painting on May 22, 2014. Read all about the filming in last week’s Berkshire Eagle, and tune into the segment, scheduled to air the evening of Thursday, May 22.

Keeping with the baseball theme, don’t miss our other current exhibition, Baseball,Rodeos and Automobiles: The Art of Murray Tinkelman, which includes some fun portraits (and autographs) of baseball greats, created by the acclaimed contemporary illustrator.

View photos from the May 15 filming at Norman Rockwell Museum

Shop our Museum Store for prints of The Rookie and other baseball-related products

Meet Rockwell’s Models on the first Friday of each month, 2:30 p.m.