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Poster

1989 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster for SOS-Kinderdörfer (SOS-Children's Villages) featuring a smiley face, green and blue eyes, yellow line for a nose and red mouth, against a white background.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph on paper
Brief description
Poster for SOS-Kinderdörfer (SOS-Children's Villages), designed by Pentagram; British, 1989
Physical description
Poster for SOS-Kinderdörfer (SOS-Children's Villages) featuring a smiley face, green and blue eyes, yellow line for a nose and red mouth, against a white background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 83.5cm
  • Width: 59.5cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • SOS-KINDERDÖRFER [logo] SOS-CHILDRENS VILLAGES (In black centred across bottom)
  • [copyright symbol] Alan Fletcher (As signature, vertically in black, top right corner)
  • SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. / Renatastraße 77 / 8000 München 19 (Vertically in black top right corner)
  • Designed by / Alan Fletcher, Pentagram, 1989 / Großbritannien (Vertically in black top right corner)
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.
Bibliographic reference
Myerson, Jeremy. Beware wet paint: designs by Alan Fletcher. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1996.
Collection
Accession number
E.412-2003

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Record createdMay 13, 2009
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