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NORMAN ROCKWELL FREEDOM FROM WANT. 1943. 56x40 inches. U. S. Government Printing Office. B+: vertical and horizontal folds; tape in corners; minor staining in image. Paper. On January 6, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed the United States Congress on the escalating threat to American security caused by the war raging in Europe. In this now famous "Four Freedoms" speech, Roosevelt was encouraging America to step up war production and, clearly, put the nation into the mind-set for their inevitable involvement in the war. Toward this end, he illuminated America's lofty goal: "In future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded on four essential human freedoms." Norman Rockwell, whose prolific work for the Saturday Evening Post<> had already captured the hearts of America took these four freedoms and deftly pictured them in his classic style. The resulting, powerful combination of words and images were successfully used by the government to raise money for the war effort. Printed in three sizes, this is one of the scarcer, larger format. American p. 132.
