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Burpas

Poster
1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait poster advertising a gig by the band 'The Burpas.' The poster is a parallelogram shape, in pink, blue and white. To the right is pixelated photograph of 2 people, and to the right is information about the gig, set on a diagonal angle.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBurpas (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Screen printing; paper; plastic laminate
Brief description
Poster, made by U-Print, London, 1980.
Physical description
Portrait poster advertising a gig by the band 'The Burpas.' The poster is a parallelogram shape, in pink, blue and white. To the right is pixelated photograph of 2 people, and to the right is information about the gig, set on a diagonal angle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 79.3cm
  • Width: 53.7cm
Dimensions include plastic laminate.
Marks and inscriptions
"Adam + Eve went up my sleeve + they never came down till Christmas eve" / The Great WNGA WNGA
Credit line
Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop
Object history
Poster was exhibited as part of the Greenwich Mural Workshop's exhibition 'Printing is easy...?'
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
From the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Collection
Accession number
E.558

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Record createdNovember 20, 2013
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