[WPA poster design on blue background showing the head and hands of a woman holding f – 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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A window into the past: [WPA poster design on blue background showing the head and hands of a woman holding f, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[WPA poster design on blue background showing the head and hands of a woman holding f
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Blue ground, a woman's head and hands, and a sponsor line naming the Federal theater Project set this silkscreen poster apart from the other Work Projects Administration designs here. Printed in 1936, it belongs to the wave of posters the WPA's arts programs produced to advertise theater, music and art events, many of them free or low-cost. Silkscreen let designers use flat, bold areas of color that could be printed cheaply in large runs. The back of the board carries a May 14, 1941 date stamp and a New York State WPA Art Program stamp, which shows the poster was still moving through state offices years after it was made.
| 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 | 2,754 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 520_WPA_poster_design_on_bl_1936 |
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