One Third of a Nation', 1939, Oil and tempera on wood, 30 x 24 in. ( x 61 cm), Paintings, O. Louis Guglielmi (American

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One Third of a Nation', 1939, Oil and tempera on wood, 30 x 24 in. ( x 61 cm), Paintings, O. Louis Guglielmi (American (born Egypt) Cairo 1906–1956 Amagansett, New York), The title of this work references President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1937 inaugural address, in which he proclaimed, 'I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.' 'One Third of a Nation' is also the title of Arthur Arent’s 1938 play, which emphasized the plight of the poor and was funded by the WPA’s Federal Theatre Project

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