Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present
Poster
1985 (designed)
1985 (designed)
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Colour offset lithograph poster with a design showing two hands pointing their index fingers, one in blue pointing upwards alongside one in red pointing downwards; all against a white ground. 'Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present' a quotation of Albert Camus.
Object details
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| Title | Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | 'Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present'. Colour offset lithograph poster quoting Albert Camus, with a design showing two hands pointing their index fingers, one in blue pointing upwards alongside one in red pointing downwards. Designed by Alan Fletcher of Pentagram Design Ltd., Great Britiain, 1985. |
| Physical description | Colour offset lithograph poster with a design showing two hands pointing their index fingers, one in blue pointing upwards alongside one in red pointing downwards; all against a white ground. 'Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present' a quotation of Albert Camus. |
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| Object history | This poster is one of a series of ten commissioned for the I.B.M. social programme ‘Charitable Contribution Campaign’. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1 |
| Other number | 30/D5 - V&A microfiche |
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| Accession number | E.1360-1986 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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