Art & Mrs. Bottle WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse Tulane & S. Miro Arpil 26 to May 7. – 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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Art & Mrs. Bottle WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse Tulane & S. Miro Arpil 26 to May 7. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Art & Mrs. Bottle WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse Tulane & S. Miro Arpil 26 to May 7.
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The poster advertises a run at the playhouse on Tulane and South Miro streets from April 26 to May 7, 1936, the detail that sets this production apart. The show was *Art and Mrs. Bottle*, a comedy by the English playwright Benn Levy, staged by the Federal theater Project, one of the New Deal arts programs of the Works Progress Administration created to employ theater workers during the Depression. The poster was made by silkscreen, a method the WPA art projects used widely because it allowed inexpensive runs in bold, flat color.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Levy Benn W. (Benn Wolfe) 1900-1973. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,045 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 855_Art_Mrs_Bottle_WPA_Fed_1936 |
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