Exhibition of posters - Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration – 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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Exhibition of posters - Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Exhibition of posters - Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration
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A poster advertising a show of posters makes an unusual subject for a poster, and this 1936 silkscreen turns the medium back on itself. It was produced under the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, which employed artists during the Great Depression to make public art, including posters for exhibitions, concerts, and community events. The Illinois subject tag points to a regional show, and the silkscreen process, which allowed bold flat color at low cost, was central to the program's poster output.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 40 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art exhibitions--Illinois--1930-1950. Posters--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,040 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 103_Exhibition_of_posters_1936 |
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