John Sharp - exhibition February 1-15 water colors Ottumwa Art Center / designed & p – 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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John Sharp - exhibition February 1-15 water colors Ottumwa Art Center / designed & p
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Advertising a February show of watercolors by John Sharp at the Ottumwa Art Center, this 1936 silkscreen poster was designed and printed under the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration's support for working artists during the Depression. Silkscreen was a practical choice for these posters because it allowed flat, bold color and could be reproduced in quantity at low cost. The date stamped on the back, January 13, 1941, shows the sheet was still in circulation or on file years after it was printed. Posters like this one carried news of local exhibitions to small Iowa communities like Ottumwa.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jan 13 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art exhibitions--Iowa--Ottumwa--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,837 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 112_John_Sharp_exhibition_1936 |
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