Worlds fair IBM show Art of 79 countries. – 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: Worlds fair IBM show Art of 79 countries., 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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Worlds fair IBM show Art of 79 countries.
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A silkscreen poster promoting an IBM show of art from 79 countries stands out from the many Federal Art Project posters of its time because it pairs a corporate sponsor's exhibition with a cultural display. The 1939 date points to the year of the New York World's Fair, where business machine makers were prominent exhibitors. The Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project produced posters like this one, and silkscreen was the technique the project used to make inexpensive, bold graphics that could be printed in quantity. A date stamp on the back, August 1940, suggests the poster stayed in circulation well after the fair closed.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Aug 19 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | International Business Machines Corporation--Exhibitions & displays--1930-1940. Art exhibitions--Utah--Salt Lake City--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,724 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 199_Worlds_fair_IBM_show_Ar_1939 |
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