49th annual exhibition of American paintings sculpture / M. Waltrip. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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: 49th annual exhibition of American paintings sculpture / M. Waltrip., 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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49th annual exhibition of American paintings sculpture / M. Waltrip.
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The 49th annual exhibition of American paintings and sculpture was one of the Art Institute of Chicago's long-running showcases of contemporary American art, and this 1936 silkscreen poster announces it in bold flat color. It was produced under the Work Projects Administration, the New Deal agency that employed artists to make public posters, and its sponsorship by the Federal Writers Project places it among the WPA's many cultural and public-information efforts. The Art Institute's annual exhibitions were a major stage for American painters and sculptors during the 1930s, when the Depression limited sales and galleries looked for new audiences. Note how the poster uses simplified shapes and hard-edged color typical of WPA screen printing.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Writers Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art Institute of Chicago--Exhibitions & displays--1930-1940. Art exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,849 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 71_49th_annual_exhibition_1936 |
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