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Save Earth Now

Poster
1967 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Hapshash and the Coloured Coat (artist)
English, Michael (artist)
Weymouth, Nigel (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Psychedelic poster. Green through yellow, blue and gold.

Object details

Categories
Environment
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleSave Earth Now (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Silkscreen
Brief description
Screenprint poster entitled 'Save Earth Now' by Michael English and Nigel Waymouth, otherwise known as the graphic design duo, Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. Great Britain, 1967.
Physical description
Psychedelic poster. Green through yellow, blue and gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 762mm
  • Width: 509mm
Gallery label
Michael English (born 1942) and Nigel Waymouth (born 1941)
Save Earth Now
1967
Screenprint
E.1715-1991

An image celebrating the different facets of the earth from the fishes of the sea to the winged creatures of the sky, the jungles to the mountains, and the different races and religions in the world. During the '60s there was an increasing awareness of and interest in ecology and environmental studies.

Text by Julia Bigham
Object history
Early ecological poster
Bibliographic reference
Christoph Grunberg, ed. Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era London: Tate, 2005. 239 p. : ill. (some col.) ISBN: 1854375954.
Other number
OA 116
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1715-1991

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Record createdNovember 15, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O129222/save-earth-now-poster-english-michael/
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