WPA Exhibition poster, Federal Art Gallery, Boston, April-May 1939 – Historic Poster Reproduction
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This vintage poster of WPA Exhibition poster, Federal Art Gallery, Boston, April-May 1939 brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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WPA Exhibition poster, Federal Art Gallery, Boston, April-May 1939
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The Federal Art Gallery poster stands out among the Boston color prints for its tie to the Works Progress Administration, the New Deal agency that put unemployed artists to work during the Depression. Printed for an April-May 1939 show, it advertised an exhibition of federally sponsored art in a city where the WPA's Federal Art Project employed painters, sign makers and printmakers. Posters like this one often used flat, bold color blocks and simple lettering so they could be read quickly from the street, and that practical design is worth noticing.
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,078 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3 |
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