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Silk Cut

Poster
ca.1984 (designed and printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster advertising Silk Cut cigarettes. The poster is composed of an images of sheet of white silk with a slash in it revealing purple fabric behind. The name of the brand does not appear. The only clue as to the product is the government health warning against smoking and the use of white and purple which were the signature colours of the Silk Cut brand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSilk Cut
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph on paper
Brief description
Poster for Silk Cut low tar cigarettes by Saatchi & Saatchi. Great Britain, ca. 1984.
Physical description
Poster advertising Silk Cut cigarettes. The poster is composed of an images of sheet of white silk with a slash in it revealing purple fabric behind. The name of the brand does not appear. The only clue as to the product is the government health warning against smoking and the use of white and purple which were the signature colours of the Silk Cut brand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.5cm
  • Width: 74.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Low Tar as defined by H.M. Government Danger: Government Health Warning: Cigarettes can seriously damage your health (Text printed across bottom of poster)
Credit line
Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Collection
Accession number
E.940-2002

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Record createdMay 19, 2009
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