Contribution to V&A 150th anniversary album
Cut-Out
2007 (made)
2007 (made)
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In June 2007 the V&A celebrated the 150th anniversary of its opening at the South Kensington site. To mark the occasion, 150 leading artists, designers, architects and photographers were invited to contribute a page to an anniversary album, expressing what they found most inspiring about the V&A and its collections. The creative brief stated that the page could be in the form of a drawing, design, sketch, graphic, computer-generated image or a simple message in words.
Object details
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| Title | Contribution to V&A 150th anniversary album (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Folding and cutting |
| Brief description | Daniel Brown. Contribution to the V&A's 150th Anniversary album, 2007 |
| Physical description | Three-dimensional cut-out. When unfolded to a 90-degree angle it represents the facade of the V&A and the Grand Entrance doorway on Cromwell Road. NB this is not bound in an album with the majority of the other contributions because it is three-dimensional. |
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| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | In June 2007 the V&A celebrated the 150th anniversary of its opening at the South Kensington site. To mark the occasion, 150 leading designers, architects, photographers, fashion designers and artists were invited to contribute a page to an anniversary album. Each page conveys in words and images what they find most inspiring about the V&A and its collections. This object is the 3D cut out model depicted in E.477:20-2008, and is extraneous to the album. |
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| Summary | In June 2007 the V&A celebrated the 150th anniversary of its opening at the South Kensington site. To mark the occasion, 150 leading artists, designers, architects and photographers were invited to contribute a page to an anniversary album, expressing what they found most inspiring about the V&A and its collections. The creative brief stated that the page could be in the form of a drawing, design, sketch, graphic, computer-generated image or a simple message in words. |
| Associated object | E.477:20-2008 (Depiction) |
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| Accession number | E.481-2008 |
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| Record created | May 5, 2009 |
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