Hansel and Gretel the gingerbread children by Humperdinck Music animals dancing songs – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Hansel and Gretel the gingerbread children by Humperdinck Music animals dancing songs, a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hansel and Gretel the gingerbread children by Humperdinck Music animals dancing songs
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The poster advertises a staging of Engelbert Humperdinck's *Hänsel und Gretel*, the 1893 German opera drawn from the Grimm fairy tale about two children who meet a witch in a house made of gingerbread. Its subject list also notes animals and dancing, which suggests the design leans into the fairy-tale scenery. Issued in 1936 under the Federal theater Project, a branch of the Works Progress Administration, it was one of many posters that promoted low-cost performances to Depression-era audiences in Los Angeles. The silkscreen process gives it flat, saturated color blocks, a hallmark of WPA poster design.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Humperdinck Engelbert 1854-1921. Hänsel und Gretel.Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,774 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 870_Hansel_and_Gretel_the_g_1936 |
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