Exhibition of art by children / ET. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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 of art by children / ET., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Exhibition of art by children / ET.
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The poster announces an exhibition of children's art, and its subject line places the show in Chicago during the 1930s. It was produced as a silkscreen under the Federal Art Project, the arm of the Works Progress Administration that employed artists during the Depression and turned out posters for public events, museums and community programs. Silkscreen was a relatively new and inexpensive method then, which let the Project print bold, flat-color designs in large runs. The poster is now held in the Library of Congress's WPA Poster Collection, where it documents both the period's graphic style and the government's support for art education and public exhibitions.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Feb 16 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 55 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Childrens art--1930-1940. Art exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 999 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 109_Exhibition_of_art_by_ch_1936 |
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