Exhibition - Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration [at the] Phillips Memo – Antique Poster Print
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(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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Step back in time with Exhibition - Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration [at the] Phillips Memo, a vintage poster rich in period 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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Exhibition - Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration [at the] Phillips Memo
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Few pictures on this board announce a specific Washington venue, and this 1936 silkscreen poster does so directly, promoting an exhibition at the Phillips Memorial Gallery. Duncan Phillips had opened the gallery in his family home in 1921 as one of the first modern art museums in the United States. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, hired artists during the Depression to make public art, and its poster unit adopted silkscreen because it was inexpensive and produced bold, flat areas of color. The poster shows how a relief program for working artists also reached audiences through public display.
| 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 | Phillips Memorial Gallery--Exhibitions & displays--1930-1950. Art exhibitions--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,806 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 204_Exhibition_Federal_Art_1936 |
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