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Exhibition [of] watercolors – Historic Poster Reproduction

Exhibition [of] watercolors, 1936 — vintage poster
Exhibition [of] watercolors, 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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This rare vintage poster captures Exhibition [of] watercolors in remarkable 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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Exhibition [of] watercolors

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Pittsburgh is the detail that sets this poster apart: its 1936 silkscreen announces an exhibition of watercolors sponsored by the Federal Art Project. The Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, employed artists during the Depression, and its poster division used silkscreen because it was relatively inexpensive and produced bold, flat color in multiple copies for display around town. Posters like this one advertised cultural events to ordinary residents, turning local art shows into public occasions. It is a useful record of how the New Deal brought painting to audiences who might not otherwise have visited a gallery.

Created / published1936
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesWork Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 45 · Federal Art Project sponsor.
SubjectsArt exhibitions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan1,131 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference197_Exhibition_of_watercolo_1936

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