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Murphy Television

Drawing
c.1951 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Four trial sketches for a poster advertising Murphy Televisions. Drawn using pencil, crayon, body-colour and air-brush.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMurphy Television
Materials and techniques
sketched using pencil, crayon, body-colour and air-brush
Brief description
Four trial sketches for a poster advertising Murphy Televisions. Drawn using pencil, crayon, body-colour and air-brush. By Abram Games. Great Britain. c.1951.
Physical description
Four trial sketches for a poster advertising Murphy Televisions. Drawn using pencil, crayon, body-colour and air-brush.
Dimensions
  • Sketch a height: 6.5cm
  • Sketch a width: 11.7cm
  • Sketch b height: 8.6cm
  • Sketch b width: 8.2cm
  • Sketch c height: 8.3cm
  • Sketch c width: 6.1cm
  • Sketch d height: 8.7cm
  • Sketch d width: 6.3cm
Dimensions 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.)
Credit line
Acquired from the Artist in 1967
Production
For a placard version of the published poster, see E.158-1980.
Subject depicted
Associated object
E.158-1980 (Version)
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1967
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.241-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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