Exposition Universelle & Internationale de St. Louis (États-Unis) du 30 Avril au 30 Novembre 1904 / Mucha. – Historic 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: Exposition Universelle & Internationale de St. Louis (États-Unis) du 30 Avril au 30 Novembre 1904 / Mucha., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Exposition Universelle & Internationale de St. Louis (États-Unis) du 30 Avril au 30 Novembre 1904 / Mucha.
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Alphonse Mucha designed this color lithograph in Paris, where F. Champenois printed it in 1903 to promote the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, which ran from April 30 to November 30, 1904. The fair marked the centennial of the 1803 purchase, in which the United States acquired a vast territory from France, a link that connects the poster to the Jefferson presidency. Mucha, the Czech-born artist known for his Art Nouveau work in Paris, brought his decorative style to an American event, and the French lettering shows the poster's European origin. It is a useful example of how European design was enlisted to sell American spectacle to visitors.
| Created / published | Paris : Imp. F. Champenois, 1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Exhibition posters French 1900-1910.Lithographs Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. K6. 1903. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. |
| Subjects | Louisiana Purchase Exposition--(1904 :--Saint Louis, Mo.)--Public relations. Exhibitions--United States--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,145 × 1,448 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217639 |
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