Indian art of the United States Prehistoric art living traditions - Indian art for mo – 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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The poster announces an exhibition of Native American art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, a setting that put Indigenous making alongside modernist art on one of the city's leading stages. It was produced in silkscreen under the Federal Art Project, the arm of the Works Progress Administration that employed artists during the Depression, and the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the U.S. Department of the Interior sponsored it. The Board had been created in 1935 to promote Native American arts and crafts and to support Native makers economically. The work is attributed to Pistchal, and its bold flat color reflects the graphic style of WPA poster design.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | An exhibition prepared by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board U.S. Dept. of The Interior. Attributed to Pistchal. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 77 · United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board sponsor.Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Museum of Modern Art (New York N.Y.)--Exhibitions & displays--1930-1950. Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. Art exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 990 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 176_Indian_art_of_the_Unite_1936 |
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