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Poster

1977 (made)
Artist/Maker
John Elliot Cellars Ltd. (made for)
Fletcher, Alan (designer)
Place of origin
London (designed)

Proof of poster for John Elliott Cellars Ltd., featuring an image of a wine glass made up of words, black against a white background.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Lithograph? on paper
Ink
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
Poster for John Elliott Wine Cellars, designed by Alan Fletcher, Pentagram; British, 1977.
Physical description
Proof of poster for John Elliott Cellars Ltd., featuring an image of a wine glass made up of words, black against a white background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Irregular width: 51cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • John Elliott Cellars Ltd. 11 Dover Street, / Mayfair, London. Telephone: 01 493 5135 / Wholesalers of Fine Wines & Champagne / Buvons, amis, et buvons à plein verre. / Environ-nous de ce nectar divin! / Après les Belles, sur la terre, / Rien n'est aimable que le vin; / Cette liqeur est de tout âge: / Buvons-en! Nargue du sage / Qui, le verre en main, / Le haussant soudain, / Craint, se ménage, / Et dit : holà! / Trop cela! / Holà! / La! / La! / La! / Car / Panard / A pour refrain: / Tout plein! / Plein! / Plein! / Plein! / Fêtons, / Célébrons / Sa mémoire; / Et, pour sa gloire, / Rions, chantons, aimons, buvons.
  • Alan Fletcher (Vertically top right corner, signed in pencil)
  • PENTAGRAM (Embossed semi circle lower 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. Adapted from 18th century ideogram.
Subject depicted
Wine Glass
Bibliographic reference
Myerson, Jeremy. Beware wet paint: designs by Alan Fletcher. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1996.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.422-2003

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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