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Lot 68
ROCKWELL, Norman (1894-1978). [The Four Freedoms]. Group of...
Estimate: $900 - $1,200
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ROCKWELL, Norman (1894-1978). [The Four Freedoms]. Group of 4 posters. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. OWI poster numbers 43-46. Posters include: Save Freedom of Worship / Buy War Bonds; Save Freedom of Speech / Buy War Bonds; OURS? to fight for / Freedom from Want; OURS? to fight for / Freedom from Fear. All posters approximately 28 x 20?. All have original folds, some toning, occasional edgewear, a few short marginal tears (Freedom of Speech has a tear at the right margin approximately 2? long). All unbacked. A-. These images originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post in 1943; these images were so popular that the War Department used them for fund-raising purposes. The phrase ?the Four Freedoms? was borrowed from the 1941 State of the Union address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945), where he declared that all people have an innate right to these freedoms, even in the face of dictatorships.
