The sun rises in the west written and produced by Southwest Theatre Unit – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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 vintage poster of The sun rises in the west written and produced by Southwest Theatre Unit brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The sun rises in the west written and produced by Southwest Theatre Unit
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The title of this silkscreen poster, *The Sun Rises in the West*, suggests a play about looking for a fresh start farther away. It was printed under the Federal Art Project in California between 1936 and 1941, when the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl had emptied farms across the Plains and sent many families west. The subjects in its record, abandoned farms and internal migration, tie the production to that exodus. Silkscreen posters like this one were a major output of New Deal arts programs, prized for their bold flat color and low-cost reproduction.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--1930-1950. Depressions--United States--1920-1940. Abandoned farms--United States--1920-1940. Internal migration--United States--1920-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,744 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1_The_sun_rises_in_the_we_1936 |
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