Exhibition Functions of the Federal Art Project. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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 Exhibition Functions of the Federal Art Project., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Exhibition Functions of the Federal Art Project.
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This poster announces the public programs of the Federal Art Project, a New York-based unit of the Works Progress Administration that employed artists during the Depression. Its subject is the exhibitions the project organized in New York, and the poster itself was printed by silkscreen, a process the project's poster workshops adopted because it was inexpensive and could produce bold flat color in quantity. The date stamped on the back, June 1939, shows the sheet was handled and filed well after it was first printed in 1936. Posters like this one were meant to draw crowds to galleries and community events, and they are now valued as examples of how New Deal arts programs reached ordinary city residents.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Federal Art Project--Public relations--1930-1940. Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,721 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 564_Exhibition_Functions_of_1936 |
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