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The Face. Nirvana. In the court of King Kurt

Poster
1993 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
The Face (published by)
Place of origin
Great Britain (Published)

Poster promoting the September 1993 issue Face Magazine, featuring Kurt Cobain

Object details

Categories
Advertising
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Face. Nirvana. In the court of King Kurt
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph
Ink
Paper
Brief description
Poster for The Face magazine, September 1993, with Kurt Cobain on the cover
Physical description
Poster promoting the September 1993 issue Face Magazine, featuring Kurt Cobain
Dimensions
  • Height: 67.5cm
  • Width: 46cm
Gallery label
20th Century Gallery label

MAGAZINES

Lifestyle, fashion, music and celebrity magazines proliferated in the 1990s, promoting values of youth beauty and wealth. They were buoyed up by the marketing budgets of major advertisers, and arguably they fulfilled a corporate agenda rather than a public service.
Credit line
Given by Cassius Matthias
Production
Poster promoting the September 1993 issue of Face magazine
Subjects depicted
Celebrity
Cobain, Kurt
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1081-2002

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O131104/the-face-nirvana-in-the-poster-the-face/
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