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Book No. 2
Squires, Eddie, born 1940 - died 1995 - Enlarge image
Book No. 2
- Object:
Scrapbook
- Place of origin:
London (made)
- Date:
early 1970s (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Squires, Eddie, born 1940 - died 1995 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
assorted drawings, prints and ephemera collected in an album
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Eddie Squires
- Museum number:
E.1045-2000
- Gallery location:
On short term loan out for exhibition
Physical description
An album of 59 bound pages of ruled paper mainly containing ephemera concerning outer space and space exploration. The album is covered in the Lunar Rocket fabric designed by Eddie Squires and manufactured by Warners in 1969. The contents include collecting cards, book covers, magazine pages, stamps, cartoons, food packaging, toy packaging, car and furniture advertisements (including one for the Djinn chair- see CIRC.202-1969), printed invitations, wrapping paper, stationery, postcards and sew-on clothes patches. Most of this material is contemporary with the album but some is from the middle decades of the twentieth century. The album also includes a few photographs of Eddie Squires, his drawings, collages and textile designs and original children's drawings.
Place of Origin
London (made)
Date
early 1970s (made)
Artist/maker
Squires, Eddie, born 1940 - died 1995 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
assorted drawings, prints and ephemera collected in an album
Marks and inscriptions
EDDIE SQUIRES. BOOK no 2
Signature and title; On the spine; handwriting; Squires
BOOK/No/2
Inside cover, bottom left; Handwriting; Felt tipped pen; Squires
Inscribed throughout with pen and pencil notes detailing source/date of contents; Squires
Dimensions
Height: 46.7 cm Dimensions of album, Width: 37.7 cm
Descriptive line
Scrapbook (No. 2 of 9) containing ephemera relating to outer space and space exploration, compiled by Eddie Squires. Great Britain, early 1970s.
Labels and date
Eddie Squires collated the diverse materials which inspired his designs in nine large scrapbooks. This page records the preponderance of space imagery in stamps, household objects, architecture and films like Barbarella around the time of the first moon landing. Many personal items are also incorporated in the scrapbooks, including letters from friends, photographs and notes on events or dreams experienced by the designer. You can see other scrapbooks by visiting the Print Room in the Henry Cole Wing. [2001]
Materials
Paper; Printed paper; Photographic paper; Wrapping paper; Glue; Cloth
Techniques
Collage; Pasting; Cutting
Subjects depicted
Collecting cards; Moon; Martians; Science fiction; Designs; Space rockets; Textiles; Ufos; Automobiles; Robots; Spacecraft; Collecting stuff; Astronaut; Aliens; Planet earth; Inspiration; Children's drawings
Categories
Ephemera; Entertainment & Leisure; Collages
Production Type
Unique
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
