Rockwell’s 1943 ‘So You Want to See The President!’ Suite Goes on View in D.C.
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Updated · NPR · Jun 25
Rockwell’s 1943 ‘So You Want to See The President!’ Suite Goes on View in D.C.
3 articles · Updated · NPR · Jun 25
Summary
Thursday marks the public debut in Washington of Norman Rockwell’s original 1943 “So You Want to See The President!” suite, which depicts a line of visitors waiting to see Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The newly displayed work revives a lesser-known Rockwell series tied not just to presidential imagery but also to a later lawsuit and a love story highlighted in the report.
By putting the full original suite on view, the exhibition brings a wartime-era portrayal of access to the White House into public view more than 80 years after it was created.