Sex!
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
England, Great Britain (made)
- Date:
late 1960s (designed)
- Artist/Maker:
Martin Sharp, born 1942 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Colour lithograph reprint of silkscreen on metallic card
- Museum number:
E.488-1997
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case Y, shelf 73, box B
Physical description
Psychedelic poster on metallic paper. Photographic image of woman in loin-cloth and person in monkey suit in pink in keyhole shaped area of blue with flowers. Background of poster is silver with ivy above image and flowers to the left and right. Text 'SEX!' in blue below image.
Place of Origin
England, Great Britain (made)
Date
late 1960s (designed)
Artist/maker
Martin Sharp, born 1942 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Colour lithograph reprint of silkscreen on metallic card
Marks and inscriptions
SEX!
BO2 Sex by Martin Sharp & King Kong Published bu Big O Posted Ltd 219 Eversleigh Road London SW11 5UV 01228 3392 Printed in England
Dimensions
Height: 747 mm, Width: 507 mm
Object history note
Poster issued by Big O Posters Ltd.
Descriptive line
Psychedelic offset lithograph poster entitled 'Sex!' by Martin Sharp, published by Big O Posters. London, ca. late 1960s.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Christoph Grunberg, ed. Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era London: Tate, 2005. 239 p. : ill. (some col.) ISBN: 1854375954.
Exhibition catalogue
Exhibition History
60s Graphics (Victoria and Albert Museum 06/06/2006-12/11/2006)
Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era (Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt 02/11/2005-12/02/2006)
Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era (Tate Liverpool 27/05/2005-25/09/2005)
Subjects depicted
Gorilla
Categories
Prints
Collection code
PDP
