Watercolors Ottumwa Art Center / BF. – Vintage Poster
(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 Watercolors Ottumwa Art Center / BF., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Watercolors Ottumwa Art Center / BF.
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Few WPA posters name their subjects as plainly as this one. Its records link the 1936 watercolor exhibition at the Ottumwa Art Center in Iowa to Rufino Tamayo, Julian Levi and Elizabeth Terrell, a mix of Mexican and American modernists. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, sponsored posters like this to announce exhibitions in towns far from the major coastal museums, and the silkscreen process allowed affordable local runs. A "Jun 17 1940" date stamp on the back shows the sheet was still in use or storage several years after it was printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 17 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 70 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Tamayo Rufino 1899- Levi Julian 1874-1971 Terrell Elizabeth. Art--1930-1940. Galleries & museums--Iowa--Ottumwa--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 978 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 209_Watercolors_Ottumwa_Art_1936 |
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