Contribution to V&A's 150th anniversary album
Photograph
2007 (made)
2007 (made)
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In June 2007 the V&A celebrated the 150th anniversary of its opening at the South Kensington site. To mark the occasion, 150 leading artists, designers, architects and photographers were invited to contribute a page to an anniversary album, expressing what they found most inspiring about the V&A and its collections. The creative brief stated that the page could be in the form of a drawing, design, sketch, graphic, computer-generated image or a simple message in words.
Object details
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| Title | Contribution to V&A's 150th anniversary album (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | photography |
| Brief description | Page of V&A 150th anniversary album. Davy Jones, photograph of couple kissing in front of medieval screen, 2008. |
| Physical description | Album page with photograph of V&A interior with young couple kissing in front of a Medieval screen. |
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| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | In June 2007 the V&A celebrated the 150th anniversary of its opening at the South Kensington site. To mark the occasion, 150 leading designers, architects, photographers, fashion designers and artists were invited to contribute a page to an anniversary album. Each page conveys in words and images what they find most inspiring about the V&A and its collections. This page is one of 60 in volume two of three albums. |
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| Summary | In June 2007 the V&A celebrated the 150th anniversary of its opening at the South Kensington site. To mark the occasion, 150 leading artists, designers, architects and photographers were invited to contribute a page to an anniversary album, expressing what they found most inspiring about the V&A and its collections. The creative brief stated that the page could be in the form of a drawing, design, sketch, graphic, computer-generated image or a simple message in words. |
| Bibliographic reference | Julius Bryant, ed. Art and Design for All. The Victoria and Albert Museum London: V&A Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 9781851776665. |
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| Accession number | E.478:40-2008 |
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| Record created | August 7, 2010 |
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