Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Folio |
Title |
"Arthurian Legends" |
Catalog Number |
1998.45.1 |
Creator |
Kentucky Works Progress Administration |
Maker |
Kentucky Works Progress Administration |
Date |
1935-1939 |
Material(s) |
Paper/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-7.75 W-6.5 inches |
Description |
This portfolio cover has a silkscreen printed cover that reads "Arthurian Legends" across the top in bold capitalized black letters with an large, golden-yellow, drop capitalized letter "A" at the start of the word "Arthurian." The center of the print has a gold crown with a floral shaped medallion at the top and center. The bottom of the print reads, "Kentucky State-Wide Museum Project Works Progress Administration CP-2." |
Notes |
The administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932-1945) created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to provide jobs for millions of unemployed Americans. In 1935, the Federal Art Project became part of the WPA, which resulted in jobs for hundreds of artists. In Kentucky, this manifested itself as the WPA State-Wide Museum Project, which produced plaster models of historic buildings and hand tinted silk-screened prints as "Aids to Visual Education." |
Collection |
Mary Rees Brooks Collection |
Event |
Great Depression |
People |
Brooks, Mary Rees |
Subjects |
Legends Prints |
Search Terms |
Kentucky State-Wide Museum Project, WPA |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |