East side West side - exhibition of photographs Photography Division, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, September 20 through October 4, 1938, Federal Art Gallery 125 West 57th Street. – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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East side West side - exhibition of photographs Photography Division, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, September 20 through October 4, 1938, Federal Art Gallery 125 West 57th Street. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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East side West side - exhibition of photographs Photography Division, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, September 20 through October 4, 1938, Federal Art Gallery 125 West 57th Street.
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This silkscreen announces *East Side West Side*, a photography exhibition held at the Federal Art Gallery on West 57th Street in Manhattan from September 20 through October 4, 1938. The Photography Division of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project organized the show as part of a federal program that put artists and photographers to work during the Depression. The WPA's art projects made heavy use of silkscreen because it could turn out inexpensive, multicolor posters in quantity. The title, which names the city's two sides, suggests the exhibition was concerned with contrasts between neighborhoods and the lives within them.
| Created / published | NYC : WPA Federal Art Project, 1938. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Covers (Illustration) 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1991:200.14 |
| Subjects | Federal Art Project--Exhibitions & displays--1930-1940. Art exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Photography--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,714 × 4,691 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219506 |
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