Sex!
Poster
late 1960s (designed)
late 1960s (designed)
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Psychedelic poster on metallic paper. Photographic image of woman in loin-cloth and person in monkey suit in pink in keyhole shaped area of blue with flowers. Background of poster is silver with ivy above image and flowers to the left and right. Text 'SEX!' in blue below image.
Object details
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| Title | Sex! (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph reprint of silkscreen on metallic card |
| Brief description | Psychedelic offset lithograph poster entitled 'Sex!' by Martin Sharp, published by Big O Posters. London, ca. late 1960s. |
| Physical description | Psychedelic poster on metallic paper. Photographic image of woman in loin-cloth and person in monkey suit in pink in keyhole shaped area of blue with flowers. Background of poster is silver with ivy above image and flowers to the left and right. Text 'SEX!' in blue below image. |
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| Credit line | Given by Teresa Collard |
| Object history | Poster issued by Big O Posters Ltd. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Christoph Grunberg, ed. Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era London: Tate, 2005. 239 p. : ill. (some col.) ISBN: 1854375954. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.488-1997 |
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| Record created | November 10, 2006 |
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