October's Bright Blue Weather: “A Good Time to Read!”, WPA poster – Antique Poster Print
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This vintage poster of October's Bright Blue Weather: “A Good Time to Read!”, WPA poster brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
October's Bright Blue Weather: “A Good Time to Read!”, WPA poster
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Autumn's clear skies give this Chicago poster its title, "October's Bright Blue Weather," which borrows the name of a poem by Helen Hunt Jackson, and its message, "A good time to read!" Made under the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project around 1936 to 1940, it is a color silkscreen, a method that let program artists produce affordable posters in quantity. Although the gallery files it under Halloween, the poster belongs to the cooler reading season, and it shows how New Deal artists used simple, cheerful appeals to draw people toward books.
| Created / published | c. 1936-1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print on board, poster, silkscreen, color |
| Notes | Chicago, Illinois, WPA Art Project |
| Original scan | 2,443 × 3,900 px · prints to 8 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 3b48754u |
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