War Poster Freedom From Fear WWII Rockwell Blitz Saturday Ev...

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War Poster Freedom From Fear WWII Rockwell Blitz Saturday Evening Post. Original vintage World War Two poster - Ours... to fight for Freedom From Fear - featuring a painting from the Saturday Evening Post, an artwork by an American painter and illustrator Normal Rockwell (1894-1978) depicting a father holding glasses and a Bennington Banner newspaper with articles describing the ongoing events of the World War Two, he is seen looking at their peacefully sleeping children being tucked in by their mother, with doll, ball, and a building block on the floor. This artwork is one four painting series titled Four Freedoms, it was inspired by the Blitz strategic bombing of the United Kingdom and London in particular by the Nazi Germany; other paintings are titled Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want. OWI Poster No. 46. Printed by U.S. Government Printing Office in 1943. Good condition, folds, tears on edges, staining, paper loss in top left corner. Country of issue: USA, designer: Norman Rockwell, size (cm): 102x73, year of printing: 1943.

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Auction Date: 11th Jun 2022 at 2pm

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11th Jun 2022 2pm (Lots 1 to 445)