Art for the public The Art Institute of Chicago. – 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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A window into the past: Art for the public The Art Institute of Chicago., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Art for the public The Art Institute of Chicago.
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A silkscreen poster from the Federal Art Project, it advertises the Art Institute of Chicago's "Art for the Public" exhibition, a 1936 show of works that the museum made available to the broader public. The Works Progress Administration, created by Congress in 1935, employed artists during the Great Depression, and its poster division produced announcements for museums, theaters, and public health campaigns across the country. The poster's back carries a stamp dated July 27, 1938, a reminder that these prints circulated and were filed long after they were first pasted up on city walls.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jul 27 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art Institute of Chicago--Exhibitions & displays--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Art exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,736 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 80_Art_for_the_public_The_1936 |
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