03/10/2024
First published for the March 4, 1944 cover of The Saturday Evening Post, Norman Rockwell’s Tattoo Artist celebrates the "permanence" of body art decades before modern tattoo trends. Created while living in Arlington, Vermont, Rockwell used friend & fellow illustrator Mead Schaeffer to pose as the tattoo artist.
Find an original magazine tear sheet in our galleries, and order custom prints from our Museum Store at prints.nrm.org/detail/260950/rockwell-tattoo-artist-only-skin-deep-1944