Exposition Universelle & Internationale de St. Louis (États-Unis) du 30 Avril au 30 Novembre 1904 / Mucha. – Historic 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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Exposition Universelle & Internationale de St. Louis (États-Unis) du 30 Avril au 30 Novembre 1904 / Mucha.
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Alphonse Mucha, the Czech-born artist best known for his Art Nouveau work in Paris, designed this color lithograph to promote the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, which ran from April 30 to November 30, 1904. The fair marked the centennial of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, and this poster was printed in Paris in 1903 to reach American audiences before the fair opened. Its flowing lines and ornamental style show how European design was enlisted to sell an American event. The poster's stated aim, promotion in the United States, makes it a useful example of how world's fairs competed for attention across the Atlantic.
| Created / published | Paris : Imp. F. Champenois, 1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Exhibition posters French 1900-1910.Lithographs Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. K6. 1903. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. |
| Subjects | Louisiana Purchase Exposition--(1904 :--Saint Louis, Mo.)--Public relations. Exhibitions--United States--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,145 × 1,448 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217639 |
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