Alexey Brodovitch 1898-1971 Libertad De Palabra. 1942 40 x 27.75 inches. El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, Washington, D.C. Condition B+: repaired vertical and horizontal folds,. minor repaired tears and restored losses. Originally a Russian

Alexey Brodovitch 1898-1971 Libertad De Palabra. 1942 40 x 27.75 inches. El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, Washington, D.C. Condition B+: repaired vertical and horizontal folds,. minor repaired tears and restored losses. Originally a Russian emigre to Paris, when Brodovitch moved to the United States he became a major influence on American graphic design. From his position as Art Director of Harper'smagazine and later as a teacher on his own design laboratory, he brought the European avant-garde to America. From 1936 onwards BrodovitcWs work began to show a strong Surrealistic influence, which is evident in these two powerful and poignant images. In 1942 the Office of Inter-American Affairs, headed by Nelson A. Rockefeller, commissioned some of the most preeminent modern American designers of the day to create posters for distribution in Latin America the other artists were E. Mcknight Kauffer, John Atherton and Herbert Bayer. A typically progressive artistically, these posters, which appeared early on in America's involvement in the war, were intended to sway Latin American opinion against the Axis powers and to increase the solidarity of the Western hemisphere. Each of the posters in this series highlighted one, or more, of Theodore Roosevelt's Four Freedoms as stated to the United States Congress in January, 1941: Freedom from Fear, Freedom From Want, Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion. Virtually unknown in this large size these posters generallyappear in the 14 x 20inches window card format. ref. Brodovitch by Andy Grunberg and Henry Abrams, NY, 1989 Hoffnung and Widerstand, by Bruno Madagant, Museum fur Gestaltung, Zurich, 1988 - rep. p. 174-175,no.312 & 313