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Libertad de Cultos (Freedom of Worship)

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
At center, a white Latin Cross behind a sword thrusting through a shredded Nazi flag. Behind, a deep blue sky and brown earth is suggested along lower edge. At top, in black text: LIBERTAD/ DE/ CULTOS (Freedom of Worship); At bottom, in yellow text: UNA DE LAS CUATRO LIBERTADES/ POR LAS QUE LUCHAN LOS ALIADOS (One of the freedoms/ for which the Allies fight).
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
Client
Office of War Information, Washington, DC, USA
Date
1942
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
Medium
Offset lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
50.6 × 36.2 cm (19 15/16 × 14 1/4 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
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