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The WPA & the Golden Age · The Public Good
Nurse the Baby, by Erik Hans Krause
Erik Hans Krause · WPA Federal Art Project, New York, for the Health Bureau, 1938
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A WPA silkscreen poster by Erik Hans Krause: 'Nurse the baby. Your protection against trouble. Inform yourself through the Health Bureau publications and consult your doctor.' Board, 55.9 by 35.5 cm, date-stamped on the back Sep 2 1938.
Why it matters
One of a numbered series Krause made for New York health campaigns (call number POS-WPA-NY .K737); this is no. 6.
What to notice
The instruction comes first, the reason second, the advice last.
Public health, spoken to one mother.
Provenance
- School
- WPA — Federal Art Project (United States)
- Designer
- Erik Hans Krause
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- WPA Federal Art Project, New York, for the Health Bureau, 1938
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · POS - WPA - NY .K737, no. 6 (B size) [P&P]; LCCN 98516179; ppmsca 38336
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. government work (the WPA Federal Art Project, the wartime agencies), any year. Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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