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American scenes : WPA-era prints from the 1930s and 1940s : featuring artwork from the collections of La Salle University Art Museum and the Free Library of Philadelphia

Title
American scenes : WPA-era prints from the 1930s and 1940s : featuring artwork from the collections of La Salle University Art Museum and the Free Library of Philadelphia / edited by Klare Scarborough and Carmen Vendelin.
Publication
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : La Salle University Art Museum, ©2014.

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Additional Authors
  • Scarborough, Klare
  • Vendelin, Carmen
  • Reardon, Siobhan A.
  • Moriuchi, Mey-Yen
  • Blum, Thomas
  • La Salle University. Art Museum, host institution.
  • Free Library of Philadelphia. Print and Picture Collection, host institution.
Description
xiv, 106 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
Alternative Title
WPA-era prints from the 1930s and 1940s
Subject
  • Federal Art Project > Exhibitions
  • La Salle University. Art Museum > Exhibitions
  • Free Library of Philadelphia. Print and Picture Collection > Exhibitions
  • Federal Art Project
  • La Salle University. Art Museum
  • 1900-1999
  • Prints, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Prints > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Exhibitions
  • Estampe américaine > 20e siècle > Expositions
  • Estampe > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Expositions
  • Prints
  • Prints, American
  • Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the La Salle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 12-May 30, 2014.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Forward / Siobhan A. Reardon -- American scenes for American people / Klare Scarborough -- Artists draw a paycheck: the Artists' Union and the battle to establish and maintain government patronage / Carmen Vendelin -- Art as an instrument of social change: North and South of the border / Mey-Yen Moriuchi -- Horatio Forjohn's radio: technology as subject, technique, and influence / Thomas Blum -- History of the La Salle University Art Museum.
ISBN
  • 9780988999923
  • 0988999927
OCLC
  • ocn880638960
  • 880638960
  • SCSB-1782435
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library