Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
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Catalog Number |
1998.45.2 |
Creator |
Kentucky Works Progress Administration |
Date |
1935-1939 |
Material(s) |
Paper/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-11 W-8.5 inches |
Description |
This is a silk screened illustration of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere done in black and four colors-cranberry, gold, brown, and flesh. The title at the bottom says "Arthurian Legends" and is begun with an illuminated "A' , composed of a footed gold letter superimposed over an angled cranberry colored crown on a black background and enclosed in a gold bordered rectangle. The rest of the title is printed in black and is surrounded by two cranberry colored borders on the inside and outside of a black border. "King Arthur" and "Guinevere" are printed in black and surrounded by black rectangles at the bottom of the figures. Arthur wears a black and gold crown, carries a brown staff with an ornamented gold top, wears a black lined gold cape, a cranberry colored tunic with gold fluers-des-lis ornaments and flesh colored, black zig-zag patterned hem, gold tights, cranberry colored shoes, and a long ended black and flesh colored sash with a gold buckle. He holds Guinevere's hand. Guinevere wears a small cranberry colored head cloth printed with circular black and gold cross patterns over her waist length black hair, which is parted and hangs down both sides of her front, each side bound with three cranberry colored ribbons. She wears a brown square necked, bell sleeved, full skirted, floor length dress with small black and gold cross ornaments down the left side of the skirt. The excess material of the sleeve is knotted. |
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 Kentucky Works Progress Administration |
Subjects |
Legends Prints |
Search Terms |
Kentucky State-Wide Museum Project, WPA |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |