Norman Rockwell "A Sixty Year Retrospective" Limited Edition 21x29 Vintage Lithograph

This piece measures 21" x 29" in size. The piece is printed in Japan and was produced on high quality archival paper.

Norman Rockwell's The Tattoo Artist (Only Skin Deep) originally created for the March 4, 1944 Saturday Evening Post cover. Full color offset print measuring 19" by 25" inches, hand signed in permanent ink by Norman Rockwell.

Painted some 60 years before the nation's current tattoo craze, Rockwell's March 1944 Saturday Evening Post cover celebrates the "permanence" of body art. The humorous illustration depicts a sailor who has fallen for several women in his day, and paid tribute to them (if temporarily) on his forearm. Continuing with the theme of the illustration, Rockwell also created a very clever background for the painting, consisting of popular tattoo designs. Created while living in Arlington, Vermont, Rockwell called on his friend and fellow illustrator Mead Schaeffer to pose as the tattoo artist.

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