J.C. Leyendecker, “Weapons for Liberty, 1018. Photo: courtesy Heritage Auctions.
Another key lot is J.C. Leyendecker’s Weapons for Liberty. Devised as part of a 1918 campaign for war bonds, it shows a Boy Scout offering Columbia an Excalibur-like sword marked with the motto “Be Prepared.”
Elsewhere, paintings by 20th-century American painters, such as Arnold Friberg, Joseph Henry Sharp, and Frank McCarthy, portray the earlier spirit of westward expansion, sometimes depicting the continent’s indigenous peoples. This push fuelled the expansion of the nation’s West Coast cities, as shown in the Los Angeles of Emil Kosa and the San Francisco of James Phillips. There are also three works by Walt Disney included in the collection.
Norman Rockwell, Forward America (1951),. The illustration was made for the Boy Scout calendar. Image courtesy of the Boy Scouts of America.
“We are honored to present this museum-caliber collection, which celebrates the artistry of Norman Rockwell and other luminaries of the Golden Age,” said Aviva Lehmann, the auction houses’ vice president of American Art. “It is undoubtedly one of the most significant collections of Golden Age illustrations to emerge on the market in recent years.”
In 2020, the Boy Scouts filed America’s largest-ever bankruptcy tied to claims of sexual abuse. The settlement plan established a trust that incorporated approximately $2.4 billion in assets. The trust’s duties are to sell assets and review the tens of thousands of sexual abuse claims. The Boy Scouts’ other assets include property, stocks and bonds, and banked cash. To date, it has paid out $25 million to more than 6,800 survivors.
Barbara Houser, the former bankruptcy judge who is supervising the distribution of the funds, welcomed the sale of the collection. “These survivors have waited decades to be heard and acknowledged, and the sale of these works will aid us in providing a measure of justice to them.”
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