The American artist Norman Rockwell was a very productive illustrator and painter. He produced more than 4,000 works in a narrative style that is recognizable among thousands of people throughout the world. This style was a predecessor to hyperrealism. Rockwell pursued a career that spanned over half a century within the Saturday Evening Post, sketching notable figures such as John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and Frank Sinatra. In addition, he devoted himself to oil painting and photography.
The cover of Stock Exchange Quotations, which depicts four people bending over the most recent stock market quotes, is one of the most recognizable covers of the time. Nevertheless, the work reveals a deformation that is somewhat unexpected... Three legs are displayed by the young man wearing the red shirt! Two of them have their knees straight, and the third one has his knee bowed at the point where his hand is resting. To everyone's surprise, when it came time to make the front page of the newspaper, nobody noticed anything! This is the most hilarious part of this story: on April 1st, every year, Rockwell, who was known for being a prankster cartoonist, would entertain his readers with pictures in which they had to search for... the error!
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