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Poster for the Harlem Community Art Center
Jerome Henry Rothstein · Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, New York City, 1938
What it is
Jerome Henry Rothstein designed this poster for the Harlem Community Art Center, one of the WPA Federal Art Project's community art centers in New York City.
Why it matters
The Library of Congress dates the sheet 9 February 1938, at the height of the FAP's poster output.
What to notice
Rothstein's 1938 Federal Art Project poster announcing the Harlem Community Art Center.
Made by artists on the public payroll — art the country already owned.
Provenance
- School
- WPA — Federal Art Project (United States)
- Designer
- Jerome Henry Rothstein
- Format
- One-sheet
- Poster published
- Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, New York City, 1938
- Source
- United States Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · cph.3f05383
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. government program work (WPA Federal Art Project), any year. Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
