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Brookfield Zoo--By the "L" / Long by Charles Raymond Long

Brookfield Zoo--By the "L" / Long

Charles Raymond Long · [WPA, [between 1936 and 1938]

Palette

Prussian blue
35% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.1:1
Peach
21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.3:1
Green earth
19% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.6:1
Ivory
18% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.7:1
Stone
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1
Rose
2% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.4:1

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Details

Artist
Charles Raymond Long
1909–1976
Date
[WPA, [between 1936 and 1938]
Type
Print
Medium
1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.
Place
Ill[inois
Period
20th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 53, colourfulness 17

Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Library record. Public domain. United States: US federal government work (17 U.S.C. 105): item.created_published: "Ill[inois] : Federal Art Project, WPA, [between 1936 and 1938]". Not applicable: a US government work. Last checked 2026-10-31 (rights statement says no known restrictions: yes). Image: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division; no known restrictions on publication. Licence rules

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