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Special Limited Edition Poster: A Common Canvas

Special Limited Edition Poster: <i>A Common Canvas</i>

As a special bonus, with each poster purchased, you will receive a companion museum exhibition guide (above). Continuing the high-quality print standards of the poster, this guide is printed in full color, on heavy paper stock, and richly details the legacy and statewide locations of these public works of art.

Special Limited Edition Exhibition Poster
A Common Canvas: Pennsylvania's New Deal Post Office Murals

In 1933, the administration of newly elected President Franklin Roosevelt launched an ambitious program to place murals and sculptures in post offices across the country. To coincide with the national 75th anniversary of the New Deal, The State Museum of Pennsylvania brings together these same artworks for the first time in a special exhibition to offer a common canvas of Pennsylvania.

Opening November 23, 2008 through May 17, 2009, this exhibit includes photographs, color studies, archival images, and original artwork associated with some of the 88 artworks commissioned for Pennsylvania post offices between 1933 and 1942. This represents the first public exhibition of Pennsylvania’s collection, and will offer visitors a rare opportunity to glimpse, in one venue, what it likely the Commonwealth’s largest public art collection.

Capture and bring a piece of this heritage into your home or office with the purchase of this special poster. The poster features the artwork "Steel Industry" by Howard Norton Cook, 1936. This mural currently resides in the United States Post Office & Courthouse, Pittsburgh, Pa., and is provided courtesy of the General Services Administration, Fine Arts Program.

This poster is a true work of art. Designed by The State Museum of Pennsylvania, the highest quality standards of production have been maintained. Produced with high-resolution, full-color printing inks with a layer of protective varnish and printed on heavy poster stock, each poster is rolled and mailed in an oversized sealed mailing tube with end caps. The poster is 18" x 24" and perfectly sized for conventional ready-made frames.

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Pennsylvania Heritage ON LOCATION:
A Common Canvas-
Pennsylvania's New Deal Post Office Murals
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This State Museum of Pennsylvania exhibition, co-curated by the State Museum's Dr. Curt Miner, Senior Curator of Popular Culture, and by State College native David Lembeck, represents the first public exhibition of Pennsylvania’s collection of New Deal post office murals and will offer visitors a rare opportunity to glimpse, in one venue, what it likely the Commonwealth’s largest public art collection.

In addition, Pennsylvania Heritage editor, Michael O'Malley, interviews curator David Lembeck on the importance and contributions of these works of art. This exhibit includes photographs, color studies, archival images, and original artwork associated with some of the 88 artworks commissioned for Pennsylvania post offices between 1933 and 1942.




All files stream on download. *Full Presentation* (1:50:30 length) Quicktime files 640 pixel high/242MB 320 pixel low/89MB Windows Media file 640 pixel high/314MB *Preview* (7:50 length) Quicktime files 640 pixel high/18MB 320 pixel low/6MB	Click to play or right click on link to save. *Just the Tour* (1:31:07 length) Quicktime files 640 pixel high/199MB 320 pixel low/71MB *Short Tour* (20:00 length) Quicktime files 640 pixel high/137MB 320 pixel low/15MB *Just the Interview* (18:01 length) Quicktime files 640 pixel high/40MB 320 pixel low/15MB