{"product_id":"shuffleton-s-barbershop-signed-artist-proof","title":"Shuffleton’s Barbershop Signed Artist Proof","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorman Rockwell (1894 to 1978) \u003cem\u003eShuffleton's Barbershop\u003c\/em\u003e. Cover Illustration for \u003cem\u003eThe Saturday Evening Post\u003c\/em\u003e (April 29, 1950), definitive catalog C452. Hand Signed Collotype signed in pencil lower right corner \u0026amp; listed as numbered Artist Proof. XXII\/XXXV lower left corner. Measures 28\" x 26” inches. Image listed in Norman Rockwell, A Definitive Catalog by Laurie Norton Moffatt, C452.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorman Rockwell painted this scene of his hometown barbershop in Arlington, Vt. for the April 29, 1950 issue of The Saturday Evening Post cover. Rob Shuffleton, the shop's owner posed with the fiddler in the back room. There are clues throughout the painting that reveal \u003cem\u003eShuffleton's\u003c\/em\u003e character. Rockwell's greatest challenge with this piece was creating the glass window of the shop. The window puts the viewers outside and prevents them from engaging with the musical scene in the background. However, Rockwell draws viewers in by his use of light. When describing the importance lighting Rockwell wrote that \"working from photographs has many advantages. There were details, accidents of light, which I'd missed when I'd been able to make only quick sketches of a setting. For example in Rob Shuffleton's barbershop in East Arlington, Vermont: where Rob hung his combs, his rusty old clippers, the way the light fell across the magazine rack, his moth-eaten push broom leaning against the display cases of candy and ammunition, the cracked leather seat of the barber chair with the stuffing poking through along the edges over the nickel-plated frame. A photograph catches all that.\" -Norman Rockwell, \u003cem\u003eMy Adventures as Illustrator\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe purchase of any limited edition Norman Rockwell print is accompanied by an Authenticity Certificate signed by our Museum Director, a complimentary one-year Museum family membership, and care and handling instructions for the print. Payment plans are available. \u003cstrong\u003eAll artist proof purchases contribute directly to the Norman Rockwell Museum to preserve and present the art and legacy of Norman Rockwell.\u003c\/strong\u003e Please contact us for more information at 413.931.2237 or 800.742.9450. Or Email: MDuffy@nrm.org\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen Soffer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63306027565425,"sku":"PRLESRC20005","price":5500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0873\/3710\/7773\/files\/9b9634f9-5c0f-4ec6-a937-9ee1278f1cc2.jpg?v=1789062324","url":"https:\/\/store.nrm.org\/products\/shuffleton-s-barbershop-signed-artist-proof","provider":"Norman Rockwell Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}