Truth is a Poor Advertisement for Reality

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Artist/Maker	McInnerney (artist) Dudley Edwards (artist)
Place of origin	England (made)

Offset lithograph poster entitled 'Truth is a Poor Advertisement for Reality' depicting Arthur Brown in one of his stage performances, using a quote from one of his songs.

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Categories	Prints Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Truth is a Poor Advertisement for Reality (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Offset lithograph poster Paper Offset Lithograph Printing
Brief description	Offset lithograph poster entitled 'Truth is a Poor Advertisement for Reality' by Om Tentacle (Michael McInnerney and Dudley Edwards). Great Britain, 1967.
Physical description	Offset lithograph poster entitled 'Truth is a Poor Advertisement for Reality' depicting Arthur Brown in one of his stage performances, using a quote from one of his songs.
Subjects depicted	Posters Sixties Music Bands Concerts Poetry Lyrics Performance Crazy
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1727-1991

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Record created	March 2, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195216/truth-is-a-poor-advertisement-poster-mcinnerney/

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