Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1986
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster printed in black and magenta, featuring a photograph by Red Saunders of Marcello Magni, Jos Houben and Simon McBurney with a cemetary flower container with the words 'In Loving Memory' engraved on it. White lettering, at the top of the poster gives the name of the company against a magenta background, and title of the production against a black background. The logos of Greater London Arts and Sainsbury's are in the bottom right corner.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
printed paper
Brief description
Poster advertising the tour of A Minute Too Late, a Théatre de Complicité production, 1984, which was at the Edinburgh Festival, 1985, and toured abroad in 1986 to Holland, Belgium and the USA.
Physical description
Poster printed in black and magenta, featuring a photograph by Red Saunders of Marcello Magni, Jos Houben and Simon McBurney with a cemetary flower container with the words 'In Loving Memory' engraved on it. White lettering, at the top of the poster gives the name of the company against a magenta background, and title of the production against a black background. The logos of Greater London Arts and Sainsbury's are in the bottom right corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 59.4cm
  • Width: 40.7cm
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by Theatre de Complicite
Object history
Poster advertising the tour of A Minute Too Late, a Théatre de Complicité production which was originally produced at the Battersea Arts Centre, 15 June 1984. It came to the ICA, 29 Jan-2 Feb 1985, and was put on at the Edinburgh Festival, August 1985, after which it toured abroad to Holland, Belgium and the USA in 1986. The poster would have been overprinted for the venues.
Association
Collection
Accession number
S.729-2000

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Record createdJuly 21, 2000
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