Index of American Design at Fogg Museum of Art Harvard University – Antique Poster Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Index of American Design at Fogg Museum of Art Harvard University. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Index of American Design at Fogg Museum of Art Harvard University
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The poster announces an exhibition of the Index of American Design at the Fogg Museum, the Harvard art museum in Cambridge, just across the river from Boston. The Index was a Federal Art Project initiative of the Depression era, which employed artists to paint precise watercolor records of American crafts, household objects and folk art. Posters like this one were meant to draw crowds to such shows, and they reflect the graphic style of the period, when public art programs used bold color and simple layouts to reach ordinary viewers.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 62 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Fogg Art Museum--Exhibitions & displays--1930-1950. Art exhibitions--Massachusetts--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,023 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 117_Index_of_American_Desig_1936 |
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