This Is Tomorrow
Poster
1956 (made)
1956 (made)
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A poster advertising the exhibition 'This Is Tomorrow' held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1956. The background of the poster is red and it has been printed to reveal white noughts and crosses. Larger noughts and crosses are printed in black on top of the red background.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | This Is Tomorrow (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Screenprint printed in black and red |
| Brief description | Poster by Richard Matthews, advertising the exhibition 'This Is Tomorrow' held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1956, screenprint in black and red, Great Britain, 1956 |
| Physical description | A poster advertising the exhibition 'This Is Tomorrow' held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1956. The background of the poster is red and it has been printed to reveal white noughts and crosses. Larger noughts and crosses are printed in black on top of the red background. |
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| Object history | List of participants in 'This is Tomorrow' by their original groupings, 1956: Group 1: Theo Crosby, William Turnbull, Germano Facetti, Edward Wright. Group 2: Richard Hamilton, John McHale, John Voelcker. Group 3: J.D.H. Catleugh, James Hull, Leslie Thornton. Group 4: Anthony Jackson, Sarah Jackson, Emilio Scanavino. Group 5: John Ernest, Anthony Hill, Denis Williams. Group 6: Eduardo Paolozzi, Alison and Peter Smithson, Nigel Henderson. Group 7: Victor Pasmore, Erno Goldfinger, Helen Phillips. Group 8 : James Stirling, Michael Pine, Richard Matthews. Group 9: Mary Martin, John Weeks, Kenneth Martin. Group 10: Robert Adams, Frank Newby, Peter Carter, Colin St.John Wilson. Group 11: Adrian Heath, John Weeks. Group 12: Lawrence Alloway, Geoffery Holroyd, Tony del Renzio. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.181-1994 |
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| Record created | April 1, 2009 |
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