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SAN FRANCISCO, GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, 1939
SEIGRIEST, Louis. Federal Art Project, W.P.A.
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SEIGRIEST, Louis. Federal Art Project, W.P.A.
Indian Court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939: Antelope Hunt from a Navaho Drawing. New Mexico. Color silkscreen (tiny scratch on image background).
35½ x 25 in. (915 x 640 mm).
THE FIRST OF A NEARLY COMPLETE SET OF SIEGRIEST'S FAMOUS POSTERS (see also following lots). These silkscreens "are part of a series of eight Works Projects Administration (WPA) posters designed by Louis Siegriest for the Golden Gate International Exposition held in San Francisco in 1939. Siegriest illustrated the posters with examples of Native American arts and crafts from diverse tribes. The exposition was located on Treasure Island, a manmade island in San Francisco Bay" (Library of Congress).
Indian Court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939: Antelope Hunt from a Navaho Drawing. New Mexico. Color silkscreen (tiny scratch on image background).
35½ x 25 in. (915 x 640 mm).
THE FIRST OF A NEARLY COMPLETE SET OF SIEGRIEST'S FAMOUS POSTERS (see also following lots). These silkscreens "are part of a series of eight Works Projects Administration (WPA) posters designed by Louis Siegriest for the Golden Gate International Exposition held in San Francisco in 1939. Siegriest illustrated the posters with examples of Native American arts and crafts from diverse tribes. The exposition was located on Treasure Island, a manmade island in San Francisco Bay" (Library of Congress).