Democracy .. a challenge – Vintage Print
![Democracy .. a challenge, Chicago : Illinois WPA Art Project, [between 1936 and 1940] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/09/09e45f9c25f1-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Democracy .. a challenge, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The title "Democracy .. a challenge" sets this silkscreen poster apart from other Statue of Liberty images, because it turns the monument from a symbol of settled ideals into a question. The Illinois WPA Art Project produced it in Chicago between 1936 and 1940, when the Works Progress Administration's poster division was making bold, inexpensive color prints for public messages. A date stamp on the back reads August 1, 1940, a year when the United States was debating its role in a world at war and what democratic government required of its citizens. The poster shows how New Deal artists used a familiar national emblem to prompt viewers to think about the country's ideals.
| Created / published | Chicago : Illinois WPA Art Project, [between 1936 and 1940] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Posters 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Aug 1 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1930-1940. Democracy--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,185 × 3,060 px · prints to 7 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-214980 |
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