Exhibition - drawings from Index of American Design Federal Art Project Works Progres – 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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Exhibition - drawings from Index of American Design Federal Art Project Works Progres
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Few posters in the WPA collection advertise an exhibition of drawings, and this one stands out for its subject matter: the show featured renderings of American folk objects, including weather vanes and items associated with Native American craft. The drawings came from the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project effort that trained artists to record everyday decorative objects in precise watercolor and gouache so that the nation's material culture would be preserved. The poster itself was printed in silkscreen, a technique the WPA poster program used widely because it allowed inexpensive runs in bold flat color. A September 1938 date stamp on the back shows it was still circulating in the archive's files two years after its exhibition year.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Sep 16 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art exhibitions--New York (State)--1930-1940. Indians of North America--1930-1940. Weather vanes--New York (State)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,721 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 150_Exhibition_drawings_fr_1936 |
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