Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration exhibition Important new group of p – Vintage Poster
(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 Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration exhibition Important new group of p in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration exhibition Important new group of p
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Set against the fruit crate labels around it, this Federal Art Project exhibition poster stands out as a notice for a show at a gallery in Cairo, the river town at the southern tip of Illinois where the Ohio meets the Mississippi. The Federal Art Project was part of the Works Progress Administration, which employed artists during the Depression to paint murals, make prints and design posters. Posters like this one were meant to draw residents into galleries and community art programs in towns that rarely had access to original art.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art exhibitions--Illinois--Cairo--1930-1940. Paintings--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,745 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 106_Federal_Art_Project_Wor_1936 |
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