American music festival - Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra - Frank Foti conductor – Vintage Poster
(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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American music festival - Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra - Frank Foti conductor comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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American music festival - Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra - Frank Foti conductor
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Bridgeport, Connecticut, is the setting here, with the Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra under conductor Frank Foti billed for an American music festival. The 1938 silkscreen was made under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, part of the New Deal effort that employed artists during the Depression to design posters for concerts, plays, and public events. Its record also names Rudolph Gruen, a performer featured at the festival, which ties the poster to the city's concert life in the late 1930s. Look at how the flat, layered color blocks of silkscreen were used to make a public announcement feel bold and modern.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Gruen Rudolph 1900-1966--Performances. Music festivals--Connecticut--Bridgeport--1930-1940. Orchestras--Connecticut--Bridgeport--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,718 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 634_American_music_festival_1938 |
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