Rosie the Riveter

Artist Norman Rockwell (1894 - 1978)

Date1943

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions52 x 40 in. (132.1 x 101.6 cm)
Framed: 62 in. × 50 in. × 3 1/4 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.178

Signedl.r.: Norman / Rockwell

Accession number 2007.178

On View

Not on view

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
Label TextNorman 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

Norman Rockwell utilizó la perspectiva y las imágenes reconocibles para comunicar poder. Rosie está sentada por encima del espectador, con una pose segura mientras come; su cabello rojo brillante y su uniforme de mezclilla azul hacen eco de la bandera estadounidense que ondea al fondo. Su pie está encima del texto lleno de odio de Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, resaltando la importancia de las mujeres en el esfuerzo bélico de Estados Unidos durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

- Larissa Randall, curadora adjunta, Arte norteamericano