War Poster Ours To Fight For WWII Freedom Norman Rockwell. O...

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War Poster Ours To Fight For WWII Freedom Norman Rockwell. Original vintage World War Two poster - Ours... to fight for Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear - featuring paintings from the Saturday Evening Post, artwork by an American painter and illustrator Normal Rockwell (1894-1978) depicting a man standing up and speaking his mind in a group of people, people praying, a scene of lady presenting a roasted turkey to a family, with a gentleman standing to her side and the family smiling at each other, and 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. The artwork was inspired by the Blitz strategic bombing of the United Kingdom and London in particular by Nazi Germany. OWI Poster No. 47. Printed by U.S. Government Printing Office in 1943. Fair condition, folds, tears, creasing, staining, browning. Country of issue: USA, designer: Norman Rockwell, size (cm): 101x73, year of printing: 1943.

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Auction Date: 20th Apr 2024 at 2pm

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