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Exhibition Index of American Design. – Vintage Poster

Exhibition Index of American Design., 1941 — vintage poster
Exhibition Index of American Design., 1941. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters collection.

(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 1941 silkscreen poster advertises the Exhibition Index of American Design, a project of the Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration. The project cataloged and promoted examples of American decorative and folk objects, and its exhibitions were meant to show ordinary craft and industrial design as a serious part of national culture. The subject tags link this copy to exhibitions at the Chicago Historical Society during the 1940s, a period when WPA artists turned out many posters for museums and galleries. A handwritten date of 12/30/41 on the back suggests when the print was made or dated, and the design shows the bold flat color typical of the WPA silkscreen workshops.

Created / published1941
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate handwritten on verso: 12/30/41. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 61 · Federal Art Project sponsor.
SubjectsChicago Historical Society--Exhibitions & displays--1940-1950. Art exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan993 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference108_Exhibition_Index_of_Ame_1941

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