Best of British Authors
Poster
1981 (made)
1981 (made)
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Poster for British Marketing Council, featuring the line 'Best of British Authors' emerging from a nib of a pen, the nib beign line drawn; in dark blue against a white background.
Object details
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| Title | Best of British Authors |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Poster for Book Marketing Council, designed by Pentagram; British, 1981. |
| Physical description | Poster for British Marketing Council, featuring the line 'Best of British Authors' emerging from a nib of a pen, the nib beign line drawn; in dark blue against a white background. |
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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. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Myerson, Jeremy. Beware wet paint: designs by Alan Fletcher. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1996. |
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| Accession number | E.421-2003 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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