W.P.A. Federal Theatre Project Living Newspaper presents Power by Arthur Arent / fsn – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of W.P.A. Federal Theatre Project Living Newspaper presents Power by Arthur Arent / fsn. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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W.P.A. Federal Theatre Project Living Newspaper presents Power by Arthur Arent / fsn
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Few posters from the Federal theater Project's Living Newspaper productions survive in color, and this silkscreen announces *Power* by Arthur Arent. The Living Newspaper format, one of the Project's best-known experiments, turned headlines and public debates into staged documentary drama, and *Power* took on the fight over whether electricity should be controlled by private utilities or public agencies. The Federal theater Project was part of the Works Progress Administration, which employed artists, writers, and performers during the Depression. The poster's bold graphic style reflects the WPA's wider program of public art, which carried government-sponsored culture into ordinary neighborhoods.
| 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 varient of no. 91 · Arent Arthur. Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Art exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Gearing--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,692 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 168_WPA_Federal_Theatre_Pro_1936 |
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