Lot 1835
Rockwell, "Freedom From Fear" and "Freedom From Want". Lot of two. 1943. Size: 20 x 28".
Inspired by Franklin D. Roosevelt's first State of the Union speech in 1941, Rockwell created four images illustrating Roosevelt's words: "…We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression--everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way--everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want -- everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear -- anywhere in the world…"
Although the government initially rejected Rockwell's works, the pictures were so popular once printed in The Saturday Evening Post that they were adopted by the Office of War Information for bond drives and remain four of the most powerful images of the War-era homefront.
Beautiful color on both.
1.) "Freedom From Fear". Folded with very minor edge separation at some of the folds, also tiny, scattered areas of color loss on folds; one 1" tear at left margin. Verso shows an area of adhesive residue with a couple of layers of paper loss, resulting in some very thin areas in the top left quadrant of the recto of the poster, including one tiny hole in the wall above the children's heads. Overall, good to very good condition.
2.) "Freedom From Want" Folded, minor color loss scattered along center horizontal crease; minor toning to margins. Verso shows an area of adhesive residue with a couple of layers of paper loss, not as severe as the poster above -- the recto is not affected. Overall, very good condition.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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