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  • On short term loan out for exhibition

Cheshire Cat

Poster
1967 (printed)
Artist/Maker
East Totem West (publisher)
Orbit Graphic Arts (printer)
McHugh, Joseph (artist)
Place of origin
California (printed)

The poster has as its centre an cat with a bushey tail superimposed on psychedelic patterns in green blue and red.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleCheshire Cat (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
printing
Brief description
'Cheshire cat', psychedelic poster by Joseph McHugh, published by East Totem West. USA, 1967
Physical description
The poster has as its centre an cat with a bushey tail superimposed on psychedelic patterns in green blue and red.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 88.9cm
  • Size of sheet width: 58.6cm
  • Size of image height: 85.5cm
  • Size of image width: 55.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • WE'RE ALL MAD (Printed as part of the image at the top of the poster)
  • McHugh (Signature of the artist printed at the bottom of the image on the right hand side)
  • CHESHIRE CAT (Title in the margin at the bottom of the poster)
  • EAST TOTEM WEST, 159 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, California 94941 (Printed in the margin on the bottom left of the poster. With copyright symbol.)
  • Printed by Orbit Graphic Art (Printed within the margin at the bottom right of the poster with the Orbit Graphic Arts logo)
  • Joe McHugh (Signed in pencil on the back of the poster)
Credit line
Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3796-2004

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1023361/cheshire-cat-poster-mchugh-joseph/
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