WPA federal art regional exhibit Montclair Museum Easel painting graphic arts poster – 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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Step back in time with WPA federal art regional exhibit Montclair Museum Easel painting graphic arts poster, a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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WPA federal art regional exhibit Montclair Museum Easel painting graphic arts poster
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Montclair, New Jersey, is the setting for this silkscreen poster, which promoted a regional exhibition at the Montclair Art Museum. The Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration sponsored it in 1936, when the agency used silkscreen printing to produce inexpensive, eye-catching notices for public events across the country. The poster's back carries a later January 1939 date stamp, a reminder that such posters were often reused or filed as they passed through local offices. Its subject, a museum showing regional art, reflects the Project's broader aim of bringing art to ordinary communities during the Depression.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jan 5 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 69 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Montclair Art Museum--Exhibitions & displays--1930-1940. Art exhibitions--New Jersey--Montclair--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 978 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 147_WPA_federal_art_regiona_1936 |
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