Silk Cut Now in Singles and Doubles

Physical description

Colour offset lithograph poster advertising the finals of the Silk Cut Club Tennis Championships at Queen's Club, London, 14-15 September 1985. The design shows a close-up of a tennic ball on some grass, with the text of the design lettered to the left.

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (issued)

Date

1985 (issued)

Artist/maker

Arden, Paul, born 1940 - died 2008 (artist)
Gallaher Group (issuer)
Saatchi & Saatchi Compton Ltd. (advertising agency)

Materials and Techniques

Colour offset lithograph

Marks and inscriptions

'SILK CUT / NOW IN / SINGLES AND / DOUBLES'

Dimensions

Height: 38.2 cm, Width: 76.2 cm

Object history note

This poster was issued by Gallaher Ltd., the tobacco manufacturers of Silk Cut cigarettes.

Descriptive line

'Silk Cut Now in Singles and Doubles'. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising the finals of the Silk Cut Club Tennis Championships at Queen's Club, London. Designed by Paul Arden for the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi Garland Compton Ltd. and issued by Gallaher Ltd., Great Britain, 1985.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
The full text of the entry is as follows:

'ARDEN, Paul
[…]
Silk Cut Now in Singles and Doubles. Poster advertising the finals of the Silk Cut Club Tennis Championships at Queen's Club, London, 14-15 September 1985. Issued by Gallaher Ltd., the tobacco manufacturers of Silk Cut cigarettes.
Produced by the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi Garland Compton Ltd. 1985 COL 38.2 x 76.2 cm
E.26-1986 fiche 1/D11'

Production Note

Attribution note: printers proof

Techniques

Colour offset lithography

Subjects depicted

Smoking; Tennis ball

Categories

Prints; Advertising; Sport; Posters

Production Type

Proof

Collection code

PDP