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Washday detergent

Poster
1967 (Designed and printed)
Artist/Maker
The Family Dog (Issued by)
Fried, Robert (Designed by)
Place of origin
United States (Designed and printed)

The Victoria and Albert Museum has the largest collection of psychedelic posters among national museums in the UK, with examples both from America and Europe. This poster was issued by the Family Dog Collective, who ran one of the two leading rock venues in America in the 1960s and belongs to a set that was designed by many of the best poster artists of the period, with particularly innovative lettering and psychedelic imagery.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleWashday detergent (assigned by artist)
Brief description
Robert Fried. Poster for "Washday Detergent" Blue Cheer, Superfine Dandelion. 1601 West Evans Street, Denver. 11/3-4/67
Style
Psychedelic
Credit line
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Phil Cushway
Subject depicted
Music
Summary
The Victoria and Albert Museum has the largest collection of psychedelic posters among national museums in the UK, with examples both from America and Europe. This poster was issued by the Family Dog Collective, who ran one of the two leading rock venues in America in the 1960s and belongs to a set that was designed by many of the best poster artists of the period, with particularly innovative lettering and psychedelic imagery.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.183-1999

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Record createdFebruary 27, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O193165/washday-detergent-poster-fried-robert/
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