Wandsworth for Sale
Poster
1987 (made)
1987 (made)
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Landscape poster campaigning against land sales in Wandsworth. the poster is set up as an estate agents placard, with a landscape in the background, depicting features of the Wandsworth skyline, most noticably Battersea Power Station, which is whited out. A large 'For Sale' sign goes across the sky, in red text on a yellow backgorund.
Object details
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| Title | Wandsworth for Sale (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Stencil, printing, paper, plastic laminate |
| Brief description | Poster, designed by Brian Barnes and made by Wandsworth Community Printshop, London, 1987. |
| Physical description | Landscape poster campaigning against land sales in Wandsworth. the poster is set up as an estate agents placard, with a landscape in the background, depicting features of the Wandsworth skyline, most noticably Battersea Power Station, which is whited out. A large 'For Sale' sign goes across the sky, in red text on a yellow backgorund. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | BINGLE & BERESFORD / Wandsworth FOR SALE /
9000 Council Homes SOLD /
If YOU Are / Homeless / on the Housing Waiting List / on a Low Income / Young, Old / or Single /
Wandsworth Councils /
message to you is..... 'TOUGH'
Wandsworth the Blighted Borough /
INTERNATIONAL YEAR of SHELTER for the HOMELESS 1987 / CAMPAIGN AGAINST the SALE of ESTATES |
| Credit line | Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop. |
| Object history | Poster featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?' |
| Bibliographic reference | From the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?' |
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| Accession number | E.601-2013 |
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| Record created | November 20, 2013 |
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