The devil passes Satan in a new role. – 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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This vintage poster of The devil passes Satan in a new role. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The devil passes Satan in a new role.
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The title alone sets this 1936 silkscreen apart, since the devil is passing Satan in a new role. The record ties it to the Federal theater Project in Los Angeles, a federal jobs program that put Depression-era theater workers on stage. The record also names Benn W. Levy, an English playwright whose work was widely staged in those years. Silkscreen let printers produce bold, flat color in large runs at modest cost, so posters like this could be pasted across the city to draw audiences to the theater.
| 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--Los Angeles--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,831 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 805_The_devil_passes_Satan_1936 |
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