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Poster

1965-1971 (made)
Artist/Maker
Crosby/Fletcher/Forbes (designer)
Place of origin
London (made)

Poster featuring a basic map of around Hampstead Heath


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph on paper
Ink
Paper
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Poster for Hampstead Open Air Exhibition, designed by Crosby/Fletcher/Forbes; British, 1965-1971
Physical description
Poster featuring a basic map of around Hampstead Heath
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • HAMPSTEAD / OPEN AIR EXHIBITION / HEATH STREET NW3 / SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS / 23 MAY TO 31 AUGUST (In yellow, centred, below image)
  • Crosby/Fletcher/Forbes (Bottom left of map)
  • CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, PRINTS, WATER-COLOURS, CERAMICS, JEWELLERY, POTTERY / HAMPSTEAD ARTISTS COUNCIL LTD. SPONSORED BY LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN
Credit line
Given by Alan Fletcher
Object history
Part of a gift from Alan Fletcher of his archive to represent his design output from the 1970s to the present day.
Historical context
For more on Alan Fletcher's work see Myerson, Jeremy. Beware wet paint: designs by Alan Fletcher. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1996.
Subject depicted
Street Map
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.406-2003

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Record createdMay 18, 2009
Record URL
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