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Paintings - artists on [?] by the [?] on the Federal Art Project [?] – Vintage Poster

Paintings - artists on [?] by the [?] on the Federal Art Project [?], [1937 or 1938] — vintage poster
Paintings - artists on [?] by the [?] on the Federal Art Project [?], [1937 or 1938]. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters collection.

(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: Paintings - artists on [?] by the [?] on the Federal Art Project [?], preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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This gouache is catalogued as a record of paintings and artists connected to an exhibition, and the record places it in New York around 1937 or 1938. The Federal Art Project, one arm of the Works Progress Administration, employed thousands of artists during the Depression, paying them to paint murals, posters, and easel works, and it staged shows across the city. Works like this one document that effort in color at a time when many of its activities were recorded only in black and white. The record is sparse on the artist and exact subject, so the painting's details are worth studying directly.

Created / published[1937 or 1938]
GenreGouaches Color 1930-1940.
NotesUnprocessed in PR 13 CN 1991:200.2
SubjectsFederal Art Project--Exhibitions & displays--1930-1940. Art exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Painting--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,723 × 4,687 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219499

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