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Poster

1990 (made)
Artist/Maker
AIGA Washington (made for)
Fletcher, Alan (designer)
Place of origin
London (designed)

Poster for a lecture evening with Pentagram, with image of thirteen stars against a black background.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph? on paper
Ink
Paper
Offset Lithography
Brief description
Poster for 'An Evening with Pentagram', designed by Alan Fletcher, Pentagram; British, ca. 1990.
Physical description
Poster for a lecture evening with Pentagram, with image of thirteen stars against a black background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 89cm
  • Width: 58.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • AIGA WASHINGTON PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH PENTAGRAM ALAN FLETCHER, KIT HINRICHS, WOODY PIRTLE. 27 FEBRUARY 1990. RECEPTION 6.30 PM. LECTURE 7.30 PM. LOCATION DUPONT HOTEL, EMBASSY HALL BALLROOM, 1500 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036. (In white along bottom)
  • THIS 'CHAMPIONS IN DESIGN' PROGRAMME IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PRINT BY A GRANT FROM CHAMPTION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION. DESIGN / ALAN FLETCHER, PENTAGRAM (In white, vertically top right corner)
  • Alan Fletcher/Pentagram (Vertically top right corner, in black)
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
Stars
Bibliographic reference
Myerson, Jeremy. Beware wet paint: designs by Alan Fletcher. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1996.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.431-2003

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Record createdMay 28, 2009
Record URL
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