Brinsley Schwartz

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Artist/Maker	Red Dragon Print Collective (designer) Walker, Martin (designer) Brittain, Bernadette (designer)
Place of origin	London (issued)

Colour screenprint poster advertising an appearance of the band Brinsley Schwarz at the North London Polytechnic, 13th November 1974. The design is based around an anonymous uniformed figure wearing a gas mask and policeman's helmet, on top of which there is a butterfly.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Entertainment & Leisure Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Brinsley Schwartz
Materials and techniques	Colour screen printing Screen Printing
Brief description	Colour screenprint poster advertising an appearance of the band Brinsley Schwarz at the North London Polytechnic, 13th November 1974. Designed by Martin Walker and Bernadette Brittain of the Red Dragon Print Collective. London. 1974.
Physical description	Colour screenprint poster advertising an appearance of the band Brinsley Schwarz at the North London Polytechnic, 13th November 1974. The design is based around an anonymous uniformed figure wearing a gas mask and policeman's helmet, on top of which there is a butterfly.
Dimensions	Height: 76.2cm Width: 51.1cm Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Historical context	The confrontational aspect of this poster in some ways recalls the assertive, autonomous images designed and printed by students during the Paris riots of May 1968.
Subjects depicted	Music Gas Mask Butterfly Uniform Figure Brinsley Schwartz
Bibliographic reference	Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.409-1975

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1029882/brinsley-schwartz-poster-walker-martin/

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