August – Vintage Poster Wall Art
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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 August in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A Black woman works in a field of wheat, her harvest labor set in flat, bold color. The print belongs to a 1938 set of monthly calendar posters made under the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, which employed artists during the Great Depression and used silkscreen to produce inexpensive public images. Each month in the series pairs with a seasonal task, and the figure in the field reflects the many African American women who did agricultural work in the rural South and elsewhere in the 1930s.
| Created / published | [1938] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Calendars 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 316 |
| Subjects | African Americans--Women--1930-1940. Harvesting--1930-1940. Wheat--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,653 × 4,576 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221170 |
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