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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Poster - "Freedom From Fear"
Object Number
1985-22-1
Description
Poster print of Norman Rockwell's painting, "Freedom From Fear". The composition shows children resting safely in their beds, not knowing about the perils of this world, as their parents look on. The mother is tucking them in while the father holds a newspaper describing the horrors of war, but his attention is fully on his children and not the alarming stories. Flanking the image, above and below, are the words, "OURS ... to fight for/ FREEDOM FROM FEAR."
Comment
This poster is based on one of Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” – a series of four 1942 oil painting. The paintings – Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear – refer to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s January 1941 Four Freedoms State of the Union address in which he identified essential human rights that should be universally protected.
Category
Date Made
1943
Dimensions
Height 40"; Width 28.5"
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