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Joseph Csatari (American, 1929-2025)
Out of the Past, Into the Future, 2001
Oil on canvas
34 x 27 inches (86.4 x 68.6 cm)
Signed lower right: Csatari

Property from the BSA Settlement Trust, Sold for the Benefit of Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

LITERATURE:
J. Csatari, Norman Rockwell's Boy Scouts of America, New York, 2009, p. 143, illustrated.

According to the artist, the present work was commissioned by the Boy Scouts of America's 1910 Society. The prominent senior figures who appear alongside the scouts include, from left to right, Ernest Thompson Seton, Daniel Carter Beard, Waite Phillips, and Theodore Roosevelt, all of whom played important roles in shaping the organization (J. Csatari, Norman Rockwell's Boy Scouts of America, New York, 2009, p. 143).


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Condition Report*: Unlined canvas. Small pinpoint indentation in the canvas at lower left with corresponding dot of retouching visible under UV exam.
Framed Dimensions 40 X 33 Inches
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