Boy with Baby Carriage

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Boy with Baby Carriage, also known as Mother's Day Off, is an oil on canvas painting by American artist Norman Rockwell. It depicts a boy pushing his younger sibling in a stroller as two of his friends mock him. The painting was illustrated on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in 1916, the first of over 300 cover illustrations by Rockwell for the magazine. It combines recurring themes Rockwell used in his works for the Post: children, humor, and Americana. The themes of coming of age and perceived feminization are also explored in the painting. Boy with Baby Carriage was included in a list of the 25 most influential magazine covers by The New York Times. To mark the 100th anniversary of the painting's appearance in the Post, the Norman Rockwell Museum hosted a series of events and exhibitions.

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