The Soft Machine Turns On
Poster
1967 (made)
1967 (made)
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Psychedelic poster. Image of a woman's head and arm adorned with jewellery, silver and black on white ground. Text in red.
Object details
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| Title | The Soft Machine Turns On (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour screenprint |
| Brief description | Psychedelic poster by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, 'The Soft Machine Turns On', 1967. |
| Physical description | Psychedelic poster. Image of a woman's head and arm adorned with jewellery, silver and black on white ground. Text in red. |
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| Object history | Poster advertisement for UFO club house band, The Soft Machine Turns On. Their name was taken from a title of a William Burrough's novel. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Christoph Grunberg, ed. Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era London: Tate, 2005. 239 p. : ill. (some col.) ISBN: 1854375954. |
| Other number | OA 101 |
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| Accession number | E.1700-1991 |
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| Record created | November 13, 2006 |
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