Art classes for children / REK – 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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This vintage poster of Art classes for children / REK brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Art classes for children / REK
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This 1936 silkscreen poster announces art classes for children in Illinois and was sponsored by the Federal Art Project, part of the New Deal's employment program for artists during the Depression. The designer signed only with the initials REK. Silkscreen let federal poster units print bold, flat color in multiple copies at low cost, which explains the poster's crisp shapes. A date stamp on the back, February 16, 1940, shows the board was still in circulation about four years after it was printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Feb 16 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 155 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Children--Illinois--1930-1940. Art education--Illinois--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 981 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 83_Art_classes_for_childre_1936 |
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