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Psychedelic poster promoting 'Supernatural Fairy Tales'

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

Psychedelic poster promoting 'Supernatural Fairy Tales'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Psychedelia
Object type
Print
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Prints
  • Posters
  • Record Cover
  • Phonograph Record
  • Posters
TitlePsychedelic poster promoting 'Supernatural Fairy Tales' (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph
Paper
Printing
Offset Lithograph
Brief description
Psychedelic record 'Supernatural Fairy Tales', an L.P. record released by Island records, with a cover designed by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat (Michael English and Nigel Waymouth). London, 1967.
Physical description
Psychedelic poster promoting 'Supernatural Fairy Tales'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.3cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
31.3 x 31.5 cm
Gallery label
(2019)
Through its marketing, 1960s psychedelic music attempted to create a visual interpretation of the adventurous sonic worlds of the genre. The decade's explosion of mind-altering music and culture took inspiration from Art Nouveau, Surrealism, and 19th century graphic art. The posters advertising events at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco began to define the style with text and images floating like waves of sound. The influence of these visuals extended way beyond psychedelic rock, representing a whole era of pop culture.
Subjects depicted
Psychedelic Art
Music
Sixties
Psychedelia
Supernatural
Fairy
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1757-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195246/psychedelic-poster-promoting-supernatural-fairy-print-english-michael/
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