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Wandsworth for Sale

Poster
1987 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Landscape poster campaigning against land sales in Wandsworth. the poster is set up as an estate agents placard, with a landscape in the background, depicting features of the Wandsworth skyline, most noticably Battersea Power Station, which is whited out. A large 'For Sale' sign goes across the sky, in red text on a yellow backgorund.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWandsworth for Sale (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Stencil, printing, paper, plastic laminate
Brief description
Poster, designed by Brian Barnes and made by Wandsworth Community Printshop, London, 1987.
Physical description
Landscape poster campaigning against land sales in Wandsworth. the poster is set up as an estate agents placard, with a landscape in the background, depicting features of the Wandsworth skyline, most noticably Battersea Power Station, which is whited out. A large 'For Sale' sign goes across the sky, in red text on a yellow backgorund.
Dimensions
  • Height: 52cm
  • Width: 77.6cm
Dimensions include plastic laminate.
Marks and inscriptions
BINGLE & BERESFORD / Wandsworth FOR SALE / 9000 Council Homes SOLD / If YOU Are / Homeless / on the Housing Waiting List / on a Low Income / Young, Old / or Single / Wandsworth Councils / message to you is..... 'TOUGH' Wandsworth the Blighted Borough / INTERNATIONAL YEAR of SHELTER for the HOMELESS 1987 / CAMPAIGN AGAINST the SALE of ESTATES
Credit line
Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop.
Object history
Poster featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Bibliographic reference
From the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Collection
Accession number
E.601-2013

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Record createdNovember 20, 2013
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