File:Norman Rockwell - The Rookie.jpg

Summary[edit]

Norman Rockwell's painting of "The Rookie," on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. Many believe it is about Mickey McDermott. Figuring prominently in the work, right of center, is “the rookie,” who was actually Sherman Safford, a high school athlete in Pittsfield, MA, asked to model for the painting.

Licensing[edit]

This image is of a magazine cover, and the copyright for it is most likely held by either the publisher of the magazine or the individual contributors who worked on the cover depicted. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of magazine covers to illustrate the publication of the issue of the magazine in question with the publication name either visible on the image itself or written in the image description above, on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

Note: If the image depicts a person or persons on the cover, it is not acceptable to use the image in the article of the person or persons depicted on the cover, unless used to directly illustrate a point about the publication of the image. Use of the image merely to depict a person or persons in the image will be removed. Fair use true

Fair Use Rationale in Norman Rockwell[edit]

The image linked here is claimed to be used under fair use as:

1. This is a piece of art that is demonstrative of one of the main venues of Norman Rockwell's artistic output. The Rookie is of a subject that entirely consists of a central focus of American culture.
2. The subject of the image is a historically significant artwork as one of the cornerstone in the career of the most famous American painter of the first half of the 20th century.
3. The image is only being used for informational purposes to depict the most important art work in the article.
4. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it exemplifies an important topic from this article.
5. copies made from it will be of very inferior quality to the original,
6. the image is only being used for the purpose of analysis or criticism,
7. there is no alternative, public domain or free-copyrighted replacement available.

Note the Norman Rockwell collection of Saturday Evening Post illustrations is under a licensed trademark by Curtis Publishing, the website from whence this image came.

Fair Use Rationale in Mickey McDermott[edit]

The image linked here is claimed to be used under fair use as:

1. This is a piece of art that is demonstrative of one of the main venues of Norman Rockwell's artistic output. The Rookie is of a subject that entirely consists of a central focus of American culture - Baseball. Baseball player Mickey McDermott is the subject of the illustration by Norman Rockwell.
2. The subject of the image is a historically significant artwork as one of the cornerstone in the career of the most famous American painter of the first half of the 20th century.
3. The image is only being used for informational purposes to depict the most important art work in the article.
4. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it exemplifies an important topic from this article.
5. copies made from it will be of very inferior quality to the original,
6. the image is only being used for the purpose of analysis or criticism,
7. there is no alternative, public domain or free-copyrighted replacement available.

Note the Norman Rockwell collection of Saturday Evening Post illustrations is under a licensed trademark by Curtis Publishing, the website from whence this image came.

Fair Use Rationale in The Rookie (painting)[edit]

The image linked here is claimed to be used under fair use as:

1. This is a piece of art that is demonstrative of one of the main venues of Norman Rockwell's artistic output. The Rookie is of a subject that entirely consists of a central focus of American culture. The Wikipedia page The Rookie (painting) is specifically about this painting, and an image of the painting therein conveys information that connot be conveyed by words alone.
2. The subject of the image is a historically significant artwork as one of the cornerstone in the career of the most famous American painter of the first half of the 20th century.
3. The image is only being used for informational purposes to depict the art work specifically discussed in the article.
4. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article, because the article is specifically about the work of art depicted.
5. copies made from it will be of very inferior quality to the original,
6. the image is only being used for the purpose of analysis or criticism,
7. there is no alternative, public domain or free-copyrighted replacement available.

Note the Norman Rockwell collection of Saturday Evening Post illustrations is under a licensed trademark by Curtis Publishing, the website from whence this image came.