Albion Magazine Number 1
Poster
1968 (designed)
1968 (designed)
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This original artwork was created by Michael English, one half of design duo Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. In the late 1960s they created psychedelic posters for many of the English bands of the time, and decorated and advertised Nigel Waymouth's King's Road boutique, Granny Takes a Trip. They also designed for concerts held at the UFO club and Saville Theatre, and for underground magazine Oz. Their influences came from the decorative and eroticised designs of Art Nouveau, combined with the melting rainbow colours of LSD visions and pop art inspirations from the post-war media; traces of Disney, horror movie monsters and comic book characters and can often be seen hiding amongst the images.
Object details
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| Title | Albion Magazine Number 1 (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Line drawing on board with white gouache. |
| Brief description | Artwork for cover of Albion magazine, issue 1. Michael English collection. |
| Physical description | Artwork for cover of Albion magazine number 1. Monochrome drawing on card with text panel with title and highlights of the contents at top. A dragon flies head on below, with naked woman lying amongst plants in lower half. |
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| Credit line | Given by Michael English |
| Summary | This original artwork was created by Michael English, one half of design duo Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. In the late 1960s they created psychedelic posters for many of the English bands of the time, and decorated and advertised Nigel Waymouth's King's Road boutique, Granny Takes a Trip. They also designed for concerts held at the UFO club and Saville Theatre, and for underground magazine Oz. Their influences came from the decorative and eroticised designs of Art Nouveau, combined with the melting rainbow colours of LSD visions and pop art inspirations from the post-war media; traces of Disney, horror movie monsters and comic book characters and can often be seen hiding amongst the images. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.45-1978 |
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| Record created | February 24, 2010 |
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