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Letterpress Artist Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.’s Rosa Parks Series
This guest post by Katherine Blood, Curator of Fine Prints, Prints & Photographs Division, highlights posters that complement the New York Poster House exhibition “The Letterpress Posters of Amos...
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Music City, 1970s: JD Sloan’s Nashville Photographs Recently Acquired
The following is a guest post by Micah Messenheimer, Curator of Photography, Prints & Photographs Division. Who is the woman in this photograph? JD Sloan’s portrait offers an aura of mystery while...
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Double Take: A Pennsylvania Avenue Parade Puzzle
A recent Picture This blog post aptly titled: Posing (and Solving) Mysteries: Harris & Ewing Photographs Invite Detective Work included a photo that did invite some additional detective work! This...
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Herb Block and Picasso?: One Cartoonist Connects with the Fine Art World
The following is a guest post by Martha H. Kennedy, Curator of Popular and Applied Graphic Arts, Prints and Photographs Division. Herb Block (aka Herblock) (1909-2001), legendary cartoonist for the...
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Revisiting Rights-Free: WPA Posters—Perennial Favorites on Enduring Themes
The Prints & Photographs Division’s collection of posters produced for the Work Projects Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and 1940s is one of many highlights among the division’s extensive poster...
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