Why men leave home by Avery Hopwood – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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 Why men leave home by Avery Hopwood, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Why men leave home by Avery Hopwood
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A silkscreen poster for a 1938 Los Angeles staging of Avery Hopwood's comedy *Why Men Leave Home* stands out for its heart motif, a symbol that signals the play's romantic farce. Hopwood, a prolific Broadway playwright of the 1910s and 1920s, wrote the play in 1922. The Federal theater Project, a branch of the Works Progress Administration, staged it during the Depression as part of a national effort to put actors, designers and stagehands back to work. Posters like this one advertised the Project's productions, and their bold flat color and simple shapes made them effective street-level publicity.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Hopwood Avery 1882-1928. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940. Hearts (Symbols)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,698 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 667_Why_men_leave_home_by_A_1938 |
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