Burning of the Midnight Lamp

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Artist/Maker	Track Records (issuer) Photosida (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Poster advertising the single Burning of the Midnight Lamp by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Screenprint in pink, black and white on silver foil, with photo-etching portraits of the band across the bottom, with a buff border. Text on the left.

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Categories	Advertising Prints Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Burning of the Midnight Lamp
Materials and techniques	Screenprint in three colours on silver foil Silver Foil Screen Printing
Brief description	Poster advertising the single 'Burning of the Midnight Lamp' by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Screenprint in pink, black and white on silver foil, with photo-etching portraits of the band. Design by 'P.'. Track Records. Great Britain. 1968.
Physical description	Poster advertising the single Burning of the Midnight Lamp by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Screenprint in pink, black and white on silver foil, with photo-etching portraits of the band across the bottom, with a buff border. Text on the left.
Dimensions	Height: 74.2cm Width: 49.6cm Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Marks and inscriptions	burning / of the / midnight / lamp / Jimi Hendrix Experience (Part of design.)
Gallery label	"Photosida Burning of the Midnight Lamp. Poster promoting a record by The Jimi Hendrix Experience issued by Track Records 1967 Colour screen print E.34-1968 This poster is signed 'P', often the signature for Photosida, or Mick Sida, who was principally a photographer but also responsible for several posters issued by Osiris Visions." Text by Julia Bigham
Subjects depicted	Musicians Hendrix, Jimi
Bibliographic references	Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.34-1968

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1023217/burning-of-the-midnight-lamp-poster-photosida/

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