Contribution to V&A 150th anniversary album
Collage
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 | Pen and ink with collage |
| Brief description | Christopher Bailey, Burberry. Contribution to the V&A's 150th Anniversary album, 2007 |
| Physical description | Sheet of paper with a pen and ink inscription: '... Where your imagination flies free: Burberry salutes 150 years of Creativity & Culture at the V&A' and two three-dimensional birds made from fringed leather and fabric attached at top. 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. |
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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. |
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| Accession number | E.482-2008 |
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| Record created | May 5, 2009 |
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