Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978) A Good Sign All Over the World, 1963 Oil on canvas 29 x 25 inches (73.7 x 63.5 cm) Signed lower right: Norman / Rockwell Property from the BSA Settlement Trust, Sold for the Benefit of Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse EXHIBITED: The Fort Lauderdale Museum of Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and elsewhere, "Norman Rockwell: A Sixty Year Retrospective," February 11, 1972-April 15, 1973, p. 109, illustrated (as A Good Turn All Over The World); Hankyu Department Store, Osaka, Japan, "American Week '75 Norman Rockwell Exhibition," April 4-9, 1975. LITERATURE: Boy Scouts of America Calendar, Brown & Bigelow Co., Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1963, n.p., illustrated; Boys' Life Magazine, The Boy Scouts of America, New York, February 1964, cover; W. Hillcourt, Norman Rockwell's World of Scouting, New York, 1977, p. 152-53; M. Moline, Norman Rockwell Encyclopedia, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1979, pp. 228-29, fig. 8-47, illustrated; L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, pp. 286-87, no. A84, illustrated; J. Csatari, Norman Rockwell's Boy Scouts of America, New York, 2009, pp. 82-83, illustrated. Norman Rockwell's A Good Sign All Over the World (1963) celebrates the international fellowship at the heart of the Scouting movement. At the center of the spirited composition, a Scottish scout performs the Highland Fling as a fellow scout plays the bagpipes. Scouts representing the United States, India, and Indonesia join in the festivities. Additional figures emerge from the background, representing Israel, Jamaica, Canada, Lebanon, and France, approaching over the hillside. Rockwell places a monumental globe and hand signaling the scout sign in the distance background sky, representing friendship, unity, and goodwill among nations. HID12401132022 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

The Fort Lauderdale Museum of Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and elsewhere, "Norman Rockwell: A Sixty Year Retrospective," February 11, 1972-April 15, 1973, p. 109, illustrated (as A Good Turn All Over The World); Hankyu Department Store, Osaka, Japan, "American Week '75 Norman Rockwell Exhibition," April 4-9, 1975.

Unlined. A few isolated spots of surface cracking Under UV examination: varnish fluoresces unevenly. Select passages in the central figures read strongly but appear to be the artist’s original.
Framed Dimensions 32.75 X 28.75 Inches