Uncle Vanya – Historic Poster 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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Step back in time with Uncle Vanya, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A Russian playwright's rural drama reached Los Angeles audiences in this 1936 silkscreen poster for Anton Chekhov's *Uncle Vanya*, sponsored by the Federal theater Project. The Project was a New Deal program that employed out-of-work actors, designers and stagehands during the Depression, and its productions often drew people who rarely bought theater tickets. Chekhov, who died in 1904, wrote the play about the frustrated lives of a country estate's residents, and the Project's willingness to stage European classics was part of its broader mission. The flat, bold color is typical of the silkscreen method the WPA poster units used to produce eye-catching notices in quantity.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Title from item. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Chekhov Anton Pavlovich 1860-1904. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940. Comedies--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,792 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 393_Uncle_Vanya_1936 |
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