Norman Rockwell Original 1971 Lithograph Pencil Signed 24 inch Blacksmith Shop 2

Description: This Norman Rockwell (1894 - 1978) monolithograph depicts a second perspective of an on-going horseshoe forging contest involving a local Blacksmith’s son. This perspective shows a crowd gathered outside a blacksmith shop trying to catch a glimpse of the contest going on inside. The original Blacksmith shop, done in 1940 in color, was painted from a head-on view of two Blacksmiths hammering away side-by-side onto two separate anvils. It appeared in the Saturday Evening Post on November 2, 1940, as a story illustration. The full title of both is, Blacksmith’s Boy / Heel and Toe (Blacksmith Shop). The measurements of this frame is approx 31.5 in x 15.5 in. The area inside the matted borders is approx 24 in x 8 in. Few artists are as closely tied to the American identity as Norman Rockwell—though the idealistic images of happy families, playful school children, and humble towns he created during his 47-year career at the Saturday Evening Post were nostalgic even in their day. “The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly,” the artist said. “I paint life as I would like it to be.” To create these detailed slices of life, Rockwell created meticulously planned photographic studies. After leaving the Post in the 1960s, his paintings took a more political turn, and he spent the last decade of his life creating works that dealt with issues such as civil rights and the fight against poverty.

Price: 1150 USD

Location: Cypress, California

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