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Crime One

Poster
1967 (published)
Artist/Maker
Vandal Publications Ltd. (publisher)
Logue, Christopher (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

'Crime One'. Colour offset lithograph poster poem by Christopher Logue below a black and white photographic image of four American gangsters: Ed Diamond, Jack "Legs" Diamond, Fatsy Walsh and Lucky Luciano.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleCrime One
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Crime One'. Colour offset lithograph poster poem by Christopher Logue with images of four American gangsters, Ed Diamond, Legs Diamond, Fatsy Walsh and Lucky Luciano. A 'Gear Poster' produced by Vandal Publications Ltd., Great Britain, 1967.
Physical description
'Crime One'. Colour offset lithograph poster poem by Christopher Logue below a black and white photographic image of four American gangsters: Ed Diamond, Jack "Legs" Diamond, Fatsy Walsh and Lucky Luciano.
Dimensions
  • Height: 57cm
  • Width: 43.4cm
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
Subjects depicted
Poetry
Gangster
Criminal
Men
Hats
Photograph
Diamond, Jack "Legs"
Luciano, Charlie "Lucky"
Walsh, Fatsy
Diamond, Ed
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
25/E5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.486-1985

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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