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Annual Dinner and Social Evening

Poster
ca. 1980- 1989 (printed)
Artist/Maker
London College of Printing (printers)
Eckersley, Tom (artist)
Place of origin
London College of Communication (printed)

Screenprinted poster advertising an annual dinner and social evening for staff and students at the London College of Printing (now LCC). The poster depicts the silhouettes of a man and woman dancing. The flat elements making up their forms are coloured various shades of blue, except for the man's buttonhole which id purple. In the upper left-hand corner of the poster are details regarding the event, 'London College of Printing', and in a 'stencilled' typeface, 'Annual Dinner and social evening'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleAnnual Dinner and Social Evening (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Screenprint
Paper
Printing Ink
Screen Print
Brief description
Screenprinted poster featuring a couple dancing, advertising a social evening for staff and students at the London College of Printing (now LCC), designed by Tom Eckersley, United Kingdom, ca. 1980-89
Physical description
Screenprinted poster advertising an annual dinner and social evening for staff and students at the London College of Printing (now LCC). The poster depicts the silhouettes of a man and woman dancing. The flat elements making up their forms are coloured various shades of blue, except for the man's buttonhole which id purple. In the upper left-hand corner of the poster are details regarding the event, 'London College of Printing', and in a 'stencilled' typeface, 'Annual Dinner and social evening'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 73cm
  • Width: 47.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'London College of Printing' (At the top left of the poster, printed in fine blue sans serif letters)
  • 'ANNUAL / DINNER / AND / SOCIAL / EVENING' (Event title, in alternating white and blue lines, a 'stencil'-like typeface, upper left corner of the poster)
  • 'The Penthouse Suite / John Barker ß Co Ltd Kensington / Saturday 15 April 6 30pm / Tickets from Ron Miller / Machine Printing and Foundry' (At the top left of the poster, below the main heading, printed in fine, blue sans serif letters)
  • 'Designed by Tom Eckersley and Printed at the London College of Printing' (Maker's details, along the lower left edge of the poster, running from the bottom corner or the poster, in small, pale-blue letters)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Men
Women
Dancing
Tuxedoes
Dresses
Silhouettes
Other number
LS.990 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.202-2004

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Record createdApril 24, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O123241/annual-dinner-and-social-evening-poster-eckersley-tom/
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