Indian art of the United States Prehistoric art living tradition - Indian art for mod – 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 1936 silkscreen poster advertises "Indian Art of the United States," an exhibition organized by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the U.S. Department of the Interior and shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Its design is credited to an artist named Pistchal, and it was produced under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, the New Deal program that employed artists during the Depression. The show's subtitle, "Prehistoric Art: Living Tradition," framed Native American craft as a continuing tradition rather than a vanished past, a view that set it apart from many museum displays of the era.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | An exhibition prepared by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board U.S. Dept. of The Interior. Poster design by Pistchal. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 78 · United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board sponsor.Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Museum of Modern Art (New York N.Y.)--Exhibitions & displays--1930-1950. Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. Art exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 979 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 175_Indian_art_of_the_Unite_1936 |
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