February – Antique Poster Print
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(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of February. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
February
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A skier cutting through snow anchors this February design, a winter subject that sets it apart from the other months in the series. It was made as a color silkscreen during the late 1930s, when the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project employed artists across the country and turned the stencil-based process into a practical way to produce inexpensive, bold images in bulk. Calendar designs like this one were meant to be pinned on walls and read at a glance, and the flat areas of color and simplified shapes show how the medium suited that purpose.
| Created / published | [1938] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Calendars 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 316 |
| Subjects | Skiing--1930-1940. Winter--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,805 × 4,731 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221164 |
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