Victoria Gothic: The Dilemma of Style
Poster
ca. 1987 (made)
ca. 1987 (made)
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Poster for Victorian Gothic series of lectures by Dr. J Mordaunt Crook, in white against a blue background a composite image made up of a variety of Victorian Gothic architectural and sculptural styles as line drawings, with some drawn as cross sections or diagrams. ABove in white is florid italic lettering. A faint pale trace of a gothic device runs horizontally in the background towards the top, resembling a large watermark.
Object details
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| Title | Victoria Gothic: The Dilemma of Style |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Poster for Victorian Gothic series of lectures, designed by Pentagram; British, ca. 1987. |
| Physical description | Poster for Victorian Gothic series of lectures by Dr. J Mordaunt Crook, in white against a blue background a composite image made up of a variety of Victorian Gothic architectural and sculptural styles as line drawings, with some drawn as cross sections or diagrams. ABove in white is florid italic lettering. A faint pale trace of a gothic device runs horizontally in the background towards the top, resembling a large watermark. |
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| 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. |
| Historical context | For more on Alan Fletcher's work see Myerson, Jeremy. Beware wet paint: designs by Alan Fletcher. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1996. |
| Production | dateing based on date of publication of the same title as lecture series |
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| Accession number | E.418-2003 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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