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Serpentine Summer Shows

Poster
early 1975 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Newsome, Jill (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster advertising exhibitions held at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 31 May-15 August 1975. The design depicts a white banner, lettered in red with 'SERPENTINE SUMMER SHOWS', stretched between two palm trees standing in front of the Serpentine Gallery.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleSerpentine Summer Shows
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Serpentine Summer Shows'. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising exhibitions held at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 31 May-15 August 1975. Designed by Jill Newsome, Great Britain, early 1975.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster advertising exhibitions held at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 31 May-15 August 1975. The design depicts a white banner, lettered in red with 'SERPENTINE SUMMER SHOWS', stretched between two palm trees standing in front of the Serpentine Gallery.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.6cm
  • Width: 46.6cm
Measurements taken from: 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
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed.
  • 'SERPENTINE SUMMER SHOWS' (Lettered in red across a white banner within the design.)
Credit line
Given by The Tate Gallery
Subjects depicted
Palm Trees
Banner
Gallery
Place depicted
Serpentine Gallery
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
28/F5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.834-1976

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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