Blind alley by James Warwick – 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 rare vintage poster captures Blind alley by James Warwick in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Blind alley by James Warwick
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Blind Alley stands out in the collection for its direct tie to Los Angeles theater: the poster advertises a production staged there under the Federal theater Project, the arm of the Works Progress Administration that employed actors, designers, and stagehands during the Depression. The record credits James Warwick as the artist. Its silkscreen printing reflects the method the project's poster units favored, since stencils were inexpensive, suited short print runs, and allowed flat areas of bold color that read well from across a street. Posters like this one were often the main way a local production reached audiences who could not afford newspaper advertising, which makes the piece a useful record of how federal arts programs sought ordinary crowds in 1937.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Warwick James. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940. Alleys--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,732 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 59_Blind_alley_by_James_Wa_1937 |
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