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Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Poster
late 1960s (designed)
Artist/Maker
For Posters Limited (publishers)
Unknown
Place of origin
London (published)

Colour screen print poster promoting the first record by Pink Floyd in 1967.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitlePiper at the Gates of Dawn (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour screen print
Paper
Screen Printing
Brief description
Poster by an anonymous artist promoting the first record by Pink Floyd entitled 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn', published by ForPosters Ltd. London, ca. 1967.
Physical description
Colour screen print poster promoting the first record by Pink Floyd in 1967.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.3
  • Width: 50.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Object history
Poster for Pink Floyd.
Subjects depicted
Posters
Psychedelic
Album
Pink Floyd
Syd Barrett
Bibliographic references
  • Christoph Grunberg, ed. Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era London: Tate, 2005. 239 p. : ill. (some col.) ISBN: 1854375954.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.31-1968

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Record createdNovember 17, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O129280/piper-at-the-gates-of-poster-unknown/
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