Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project 1939 – Historic Poster Reproduction
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(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 Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project 1939 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project 1939
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Built around an eagle, a painter's palette, and a logo-like emblem, this color silkscreen served as a cover for a calendar issued by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project for 1939. The Federal Art Project, one of the New Deal programs that employed artists during the Great Depression, used silkscreen because it could produce bold, flat areas of color cheaply and in quantity. Its posters and printed materials were meant to reach a broad public, and the combination of symbols here reflects the program's effort to promote both American imagery and the artistic work it supported.
| Created / published | [1938] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Calendars 1930-1940.Covers (Illustration) 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 316 |
| Subjects | Eagles--1930-1940. Palettes--1930-1940. Logos--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,723 × 4,662 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221175 |
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