Exhibit Paint testing and research laboratory (S) Fogg Art Museum. – 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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Exhibit Paint testing and research laboratory (S) Fogg Art Museum.
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Few WPA posters take up paint, which sets this one apart from the concert, theater, and public health notices that dominate the series. It promotes an exhibit centered on testing and research into paint materials, a technical subject that the Federal Art Project turned into eye-catching graphic design. During the Depression, the program employed artists across the country, and its Massachusetts units produced many silkscreen posters that relied on flat, bold color and simplified shapes to reach a broad public. The color printing here is worth a close look, since it shows how much the medium depended on layered inks.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: May 21 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 34 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Fogg Art Museum--Exhibitions & displays--1940. Paints & varnishes--1940. Testing--1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,108 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 571_Exhibit_Paint_testing_a_1940 |
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