The devil passes by Benn W. Levy – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of The devil passes by Benn W. Levy. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The devil passes by Benn W. Levy
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The poster promotes a 1936 California production of Benn W. Levy's play *The Devil Passes*, a work by the London-born playwright (1900-1973) that the Federal theater Project presented during the Depression. The Federal theater Project was created in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration to employ theater workers, and its poster units produced silkscreen advertisements like this one for local productions. Notice the flat, layered color fields, a hallmark of the silkscreen method, which allowed artists to print bold graphics cheaply in large runs.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Levy Benn W. (Benn Wolfe) 1900-1973. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,755 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 802_The_devil_passes_by_Ben_1936 |
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