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Poster

1974 (made)
Artist/Maker
Arts Council (made for)
J. & P. Atchison (printer)
Fletcher, Alan (designer)
Place of origin
London (designed)
London (printed)

Poster for British Painting exhibition at Hayward Gallery 1974, with letters spelling 'British Painting '74' spaced out in four columns and four rows in various styles and colours.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph on paper
Ink
Paper
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Poster for British Painting '74 exhibition, designed by Alan Fletcher, Pentagram, printed by J&P Atchison; British, 1974.
Physical description
Poster for British Painting exhibition at Hayward Gallery 1974, with letters spelling 'British Painting '74' spaced out in four columns and four rows in various styles and colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75cm
  • Width: 51cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • BRIT / ISHP / AINT / ING'74 (Spaced out in four columns and four rows)
  • Design Alan Fletcher/Pentagram. Print J & P Atchison (Vertically top left corner)
  • British Painting '74 Hayward Gallery Arts Council of Great Britain 26 September to 17 November 1974 Monday to Friday 10 to 8 / Saturdays 10 to 6 / Sundays 12 to 6 Admission 30p / Children, students and pensioners 15p 10p all day Monday and between 6 to 8 Tuesdays to Fridays (Centred below image)
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. Adapted from 18th century ideogram.
Subject depicted
Lettering
Bibliographic reference
Myerson, Jeremy. Beware wet paint: designs by Alan Fletcher. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1996.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.420-2003

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Record createdMay 28, 2009
Record URL
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