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THBLouis Siegriest, Indian Court Federal Building / Pueblo Turtle Dancers, 1939
Lot 276
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Louis Siegriest
(1899 - 1989)
Indian Court Federal Building / Pueblo Turtle Dancers, 1939
silkscreen poster
printed upper right: SIEGRIEST
printed lower right: FEDERAL ART PROJECT W.P.A.
Siegriest "had already made a major contribution to California painting as a member of the 'Society of Six,' the Oakland-based group of plein air or outdoor artists of the 1920s, prior to his working for the WPA / FAP. For the year and half of this employment, he was the sole artist on the Federal Art Project in San Francisco . . . [to promote an exhibition honoring Native American culture in the Indian Court at the Golden Gate International Exposition, Siegriest designed eight different posters, for which he] selected images representing the Navajo, Pueblo, Haida, Plains, Chippewa, Seneca, Eskimo and Apache tribal nations . . . the production of the posters was done by the WPA / FAP poster unit housed in the lower level of a boat anchored off Treasure Island."
36 x 25 in. (91.44 x 63.50 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico
Literature:
Ennis Carter, Posters for the People: Art of the WPA, Quirk Books, 2008, p. 90.
Christopher DeNoon, Posters of the WPA, University of Washington Press, 1987, p. 55, No. 80.The poster is in overall very good condition. Lightly toned throughout. Please note this work is not frame, but has been shrink-wrapped to foam core for display and protection purposes.Condition
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