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100th Anniversary of the Automobile

Poster
1986 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster with 100 in white against a black background. Title is in yellow and runs below the wheels (represented by the two 0s) like a road line. A Mercedes logo is on the left side of poster

Object details

Categories
Object type
Title100th Anniversary of the Automobile (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screenprint on paper
Brief description
Poster for 100th Anniversary of the Automobile Association, designed by Alan Fletcher, Pentagram; British, ca. 1970-1996
Physical description
Poster with 100 in white against a black background. Title is in yellow and runs below the wheels (represented by the two 0s) like a road line. A Mercedes logo is on the left side of poster
Dimensions
  • Height: 59.5cm
  • Width: 84.3cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 100 (In white, part of image)
  • 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUTOMOBILE (In yellow off-centre bottom half, right side)
  • Alan Fletcher/Pentagram (In yellow top right corner, vertically)
Credit line
Given by Alan Fletcher
Object history
Part of a gift from Alan Fletcher of his archive to represent his design output from the 1970s to the present day.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Myerson, Jeremy. Beware wet paint: designs by Alan Fletcher. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1996.
Collection
Accession number
E.415-2003

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Record createdMay 13, 2009
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