[WPA poster design on red background showing the head and hands of a woman holding fl – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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 red field frames the head and hands of a woman raised in the center of this design, a bold, close-cropped composition typical of the silkscreen posters the WPA produced. The Federal theater Project sponsored the work, and that project, part of the Works Progress Administration, employed theater workers during the Depression and staged productions across the country, with New York City among its most active centers. Posters like this one advertised shows and public events, using flat color and simplified forms to catch the eye on crowded city streets. The stamps on the back show the sheet later passed through the New York State WPA Art Program.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Stamped on verso: New York State WPA Art Program. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Economic & social conditions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 982 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 521_WPA_poster_design_on_re_1936 |
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