For greater knowledge on more subjects use your library often! / V. Donaghue. – 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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For greater knowledge on more subjects use your library often! / V. Donaghue.
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Auguste Rodin's sculpture *The Thinker* anchors this 1940 silkscreen poster, which urges viewers to make the library a habit: "For greater knowledge on more subjects use your library often." V. Donaghue designed it under the Federal Art Project of the Work Projects Administration, whose poster division produced public-information posters for civic services during the Depression. The subject tags point to libraries in Illinois in the 1930s, so it likely promoted a local library system. Rodin first modeled the figure as part of his *Gates of Hell*, and pairing it with a call to self-education gives the poster its particular interest.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Rodin Auguste 1840-1917. Thinker. Thinking--1930-1940. Libraries--Illinois--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,768 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 691_For_greater_knowledge_o_1940 |
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