W.P.A. Federal Theatre Negro Unit in Noah a human comedy – Antique Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with W.P.A. Federal Theatre Negro Unit in Noah a human comedy, a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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W.P.A. Federal Theatre Negro Unit in Noah a human comedy
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The Federal theater Project's Negro Unit staged *Noah, a Human Comedy* in New York in 1936, and this silkscreen poster advertised that production with Noah's ark as its central image. The Federal theater Project was one of the arts programs of the Works Progress Administration, created to put actors, designers, and stage workers back to work during the Great Depression. Its Negro Units, including the one sponsored by the Negro theater Project in New York, gave Black theater artists rare opportunities to perform and direct in a period when commercial Broadway rarely offered them. The poster's bold color and simplified animals reflect the silkscreen techniques the WPA poster division used to produce inexpensive, eye-catching publicity.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Negro Theatre Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Noahs ark. Theatrical productions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. Comedies--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,726 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 408_WPA_Federal_Theatre_Neg_1936 |
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