Authentication Process for Post-1942 Norman Rockwell Paintings

摘要

Every Norman Rockwell original painting created after 1942, contains an anti-forgery technique based upon the concept of Steganography. Mr. Rockwell created and employed this method to prevent forgers from reproducing his pictures and selling them as originals or creating artwork that could be falsely attributed to him.;This authentication process reveals the hidden initials NR and upon subsequent magnification, the syllables comprising the names, Norman and Rockwell and the year of the painting's completion in Mr. Rockwell's printed handwriting styles. This authentication process only takes a few minutes and requires a .jpeg image measuring at least 1,000×1,035 mm of any post-1942 Norman Rockwell original painting plus a computer capable of running Adobe Photoshop, the IrfanView software program loaded with the Adobe 8BF plugin called, “Smart Curve” and the GIMP software program.