Exhibition of work by the students / Osborn. – 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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This rare vintage poster captures Exhibition of work by the students / Osborn. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Exhibition of work by the students / Osborn.
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Few Federal Art Project posters from Chicago announce student work as plainly as this one, which advertises an exhibition of pupils' art. Silkscreen was a method the WPA poster units relied on because small shops could print bold, flat color in inexpensive editions. The Federal Art Project employed artists during the Depression and ran community art instruction and exhibitions, and posters like this one helped draw local audiences to them. A date stamp on the back reads June 1939, three years after the 1936 design date, so the sheet was still circulating in an office well after it was first printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 22 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 74 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art education--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Art exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 996 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 86_Exhibition_of_work_by_t_1936 |
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