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The Tattoo Artist
Norman Rockwell
American Art
Norman Rockwell’s naturalistic style, charming characterizations, and easily legible narratives of small-town life made him America’s most beloved illustrator. While his images are generally perceived as straightforward reflections of American life, they frequently demonstrate greater complexity. The Tattoo Artist, for example, subtly alludes to contemporary aesthetics—in particular, modernism’s interest in decorative patterns and the flatness of the picture plane—by suspending the figures in front of a wallpaper-like background of tattoo designs.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1944
DIMENSIONS
43 1/8 x 33 1/8 in. (109.5 x 84.1 cm)
Frame: 49 x 39 x 3 in. (124.5 x 99.1 x 7.6 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right: "Norman / Rockwell"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
69.8
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the artist
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Reproduced on the cover of "The Saturday Evening Post" (March 4, 1944).
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894–1978). The Tattoo Artist, 1944. Oil on canvas, 43 1/8 x 33 1/8 in. (109.5 x 84.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 69.8. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 69.8_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 69.8_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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RIGHTS STATEMENT
© 1944 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. www.curtispublishing.com
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Ó 1944 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN
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