WPA Federal Art Project general exhibition – 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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Step back in time with WPA Federal Art Project general exhibition, 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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WPA Federal Art Project general exhibition
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A poster announcing a general exhibition in Boston, running April 14 to May 15, makes it a record of a specific spring show rather than a generic civic notice. It was produced under the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, the New Deal program that employed artists during the Great Depression and included a poster division. Those posters were often printed by silkscreen in bold, flat areas of color, a method chosen partly for its speed and low cost. Its color and lettering reflect the program's goal of bringing art into public streets, not only into galleries.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Apr 21 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 57 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art exhibitions--Massachusetts--Boston--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 984 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 135_WPA_Federal_Art_Project_1936 |
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