Photography by Dwight Primiano
Rosie the Riveter
Norman Rockwell used perspective and recognizable imagery to communicate power. Rosie sits above the viewer, mid-bite and with a confident pose. Her bright red hair and blue denim uniform echo the American flag waving in the background. Her foot sits atop Adolf Hitler’s hateful text, Mein Kampf, signaling the significance of women to the US war effort during World War II.
- Larissa Randall, Curatorial Associate, American art
ArtistNorman Rockwell(1894-1978)
Date1943
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions62 x 50 x 3 1/4 in.
Signedl.r.: Norman / Rockwell
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.178
ClassificationPainting
ProvenanceSaturday Evening Post; given to the United States Treasury Department's Second War Loan Drive, 1943; won at raffle by Mrs. P. R. Eichenberg, 1943, Mount Lebanon, PA. Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, New York, NY; (Martha Parrish and James Reinish, New York, NY); to Private Collection, 2000; (Sotheby's, New York, NY), May 22, 2002, lot 16; purchased by (Elliott Yeary Gallery, Aspen, CO), on behalf of Ranger Endowments Management, Dallas, TX, 2002; (Hammer Galleries, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2007
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 2.9× the area of a standard movie poster.Drawn to the same scale.