Description
This is the cover of The Saturday Evening Post from December 27, 1947.
She has just finished what was clearly a long, strenuous and chaotic shift; the crooked sign behind the figure’s head tells customers that the store will close at 5:00 pm on Christmas Eve, and the watch she wears reads 5:05 pm.
Demonstrating his undeniable gift for visual narration, Rockwell utilizes these details to capture an aspect of the holiday season that would become more common as the century progressed.
The painter selected the Marshall Field department store in Chicago as the setting for the scene.
Artist — Norman Rockwell.
