New Jersey paintings exhibit / IR. – Vintage Poster
(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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New Jersey paintings exhibit / IR. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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New Jersey paintings exhibit / IR.
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Filed under fruit and vegetable labels, this piece is really a poster announcing an exhibition of New Jersey paintings at the Federal Art Gallery. Its design is what a viewer notices first: the lettering was meant to catch the eye of passersby and draw them in to see the works. Posters like this came out of the Federal Art Project, the Works Progress Administration program that employed artists during the Great Depression from 1935 to 1943. Its galleries and exhibitions brought art to ordinary communities, and this poster is a small record of that effort to put regional painters before local audiences.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Poster by Irving Russell. Date stamped on verso: Jan 5 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art exhibitions--New Jersey--Newark--1930-1940. Still lifes--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,759 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 149_New_Jersey_paintings_ex_1936 |
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