Love is a Hole in the Heart

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Artist/Maker	Pentagram, Alan Fletcher (artist)
Place of origin	England (designed and printed)

Large red heart with white hole. Simple and graphic.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Love is a Hole in the Heart (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Offset lithograph. Black and red.
Brief description	Alan Fletcher; 'Love is a hole in the heart'; Britain; 1989
Physical description	Large red heart with white hole. Simple and graphic.
Dimensions	Height: 84.5cm Width: 59.5cm
Marks and inscriptions	"love is a hole in the heart" (Main text. Printed in black below image.) BEN HECHT AMERICAN SCREENWRITER (1894-1964) (Small text printed in red, bottom left.) A PENTAGRAM POSTER. DESIGN ALAN FLETCHER. PRINT G+B ARTS LONDON. (Small text printed in red, top right.)
Credit line	Accepted by H M Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2007
Subject depicted	Heart
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2694-2007

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Record created	August 4, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1135940/love-is-a-hole-in-poster-pentagram-alan-fletcher/

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