39 49ROCKWELL, Norman. Set of four posters: Four Freedoms. Washington, 1943. Four color broadside posters, matted and framed separately, measuring 26 by 34 inches each. $9500 Stunning set of four 1943 World War II posters by iconic American artist Norman Rockwell based on FDR’s “Four Freedoms” speech, depicting the four freedoms. “In his January 1941 address to Congress, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt articulated his vision for a postwar world founded on four basic human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. In the spring of 1942, Norman Rockwell was working on a piece commissioned by the Ordnance Department of the U.S. Army… But Rockwell wanted to do more for the war effort and decided he would illustrate Roosevelt’s four freedoms” (Norman Rockwell Museum). Unfortunately, the Ordnance Department was out of money, though Rockwell’s drafts were unquestionably impressive. Rockwell turned to the Saturday Evening Post, which gave him permission to cease his work on covers once a month in order to provide the paintings for the Post’s publication. The paintings created a sensation, and eventually were sent on a national tour, “traveling to 16 cities, the exhibition was visited by more than a million people who purchased 133 million dollars in war bonds and stamps” (Norman Rockwell Museum). Posters professionally lined on verso for stability, early folding creases as usual. Handsomely framed. Exquisite Set Of Four Inspirational World War II Posters By Norman Rockwell Based On Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Speech, 1943
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