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African Jigsaw

Poster
1986 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Eckersley, Tom (OBE) (designer)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (printed)

Screen printed poster advertising an evening of musical entertainment, 'African Jigsaw'. The poster depicts the face of a black child, seen in profile, and with a red and green collar. The back of the head is displaced and in the form of pieces of a jigsaw. The image is set against a yellow background, and information for the production is below the image at the bottom of the poster.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Black History
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleAfrican Jigsaw (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Screenprint
Paper
Printing Ink
Screen Print
Brief description
Screen printed theatre poster advertising 'African Jigsaw' at the Barbican, London, designed by Tom Eckersley, United Kingdom, 1986
Physical description
Screen printed poster advertising an evening of musical entertainment, 'African Jigsaw'. The poster depicts the face of a black child, seen in profile, and with a red and green collar. The back of the head is displaced and in the form of pieces of a jigsaw. The image is set against a yellow background, and information for the production is below the image at the bottom of the poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 78.6cm
  • Width: 53.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'WORLD WILDLIFE FUND PRESENTS AFRICAN JIGSAW' (Below the image, in the lower section of the poster, printed in black letters)
  • 'A Musica Entertainment by Peter Rose & Anne Conlon / with the musicians and chior of St Augustines RC / High School Billington Blackburn and Jane Asher / Barbican Concert Hall 3rd November 730pm / Telephone 01-628 8795' (Below the main heading in a smaller typeface)
  • 'ECKERSLEY 86' (The poster is signed upper left, printed in black ink)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Exhibition
Children
Profiles
Jigsaws
Other number
LS.2013 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.875-2004

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Record createdApril 11, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O122988/african-jigsaw-poster-eckersley-tom-obe/
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