Editor: Christopher Denoon
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication: 1987, First Edition
Binding: Hardcover, section sewn
Pages: 174
Size: 225 X 288
Text: English
ISBN: 0295965436
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(Preface) 'Posters of the WPA chronicles a fascinating and hitherto unknown development of American graphic design that took place between 1935 and 1943, years darkened by the Great Depression and World War Il. In this remarkable eight-year period, a program sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) printed two million posters from thirty-five thousand designs. This production was called at the time by P.M. Weekly, "poster art more vital than any this country has ever known." And yet in the years that followed, little attention was given to this extraordinary design activity. The story of the PA posters and the artists who designed them has been unjustly overlooked, but its place in the history of American graphic design is reinstated with this first in-depth study of the PA poster.
Posters of the WPA looks at the artistic, social, and political movements of the era and correlates these to the posters contained in this book. The change and upheaval that brought about artistic innovation and technical advancements in poster production are chronicled here in 280 vivid color reproductions. The text underscores these long overlooked advances in an important era of America's artistic history. This is a collector's edition of discovery and appreciation for the nearly lost art of the WPA poster. They have importance not as an overlooked curiosity or as a scholarly footnote, but as a vital body of work that is a significant part of our national art heritage.'
Condition: Very Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing and tanning to cover/edges.
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