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Exhibition Interior design by the interior design staff Federal Art Project Works Pro – Antique Poster Print

Exhibition Interior design by the interior design staff Federal Art Project Works Pro, 1936 — vintage poster
Exhibition Interior design by the interior design staff Federal Art Project Works Pro, 1936. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters collection.

(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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A window into the past: Exhibition Interior design by the interior design staff Federal Art Project Works Pro, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Exhibition Interior design by the interior design staff Federal Art Project Works Pro

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A 1936 silkscreen poster from the Federal Art Project stands out for its subject: an exhibition whose interiors were designed by the project's own interior design staff. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, employed artists and designers during the Depression, and its poster division used silkscreen to produce bold, flat-color announcements for exhibitions and events across New York. The design focus of this show reflects the period's growing interest in modern display and furnishing. A date stamp on the reverse, March 1941, shows the sheet was still being filed and handled several years after it was printed.

Created / published1936
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Mar 24 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 308 · Federal Art Project sponsor.
SubjectsExhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. Interior design--1930-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan2,673 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference568_Exhibition_Interior_des_1936

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