Exhibition Materials for the artist / J.R. – Vintage Poster 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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Exhibition Materials for the artist / J.R.
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A silkscreen poster from 1936 that announces "Exhibition Materials for the artist," a bit of promotional work that the Federal Art Project produced for artists showing their work in New York. The Federal Art Project was one of the arts programs of the Works Progress Administration, which employed visual artists during the Great Depression and used silkscreen printing to turn out posters at low cost. The poster's date stamp of January 5, 1939, on the back suggests it circulated or was filed for a few years after it was printed. Its subject tags point to exhibitions in New York State during the 1930s, a period when the Federal Art Project helped keep the city's gallery life going.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jan 5 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 310 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Artists materials--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,709 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 565_Exhibition_Materials_fo_1936 |
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