Exhibition color lithography by Federal Art Project Work Projects 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 color lithography by Federal Art Project Work Projects Administration
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This 1936 silkscreen poster advertises an exhibition in New York, one of the many promotional sheets the Federal Art Project produced during the Depression. The Works Progress Administration, which later became the Work Projects Administration, employed artists in these years to create public art and cultural programs, and its poster workshops helped popularize the silkscreen process. A date stamp on the back, August 26, 1939, shows the sheet was still being handled after the agency's name changed. The record also associates the sculptor Maurice Glickman with the piece.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Aug 26 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Glickman Maurice sculptor. |
| Subjects | Art exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Lithography--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 993 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 158_Exhibition_color_lithog_1936 |
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