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Beware Wet Paint

Poster
1991 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster proof with the words 'BEWARE WET PAINT', in three rows, each letter in a different colour, the colours running down the page.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBeware Wet Paint (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screenprint on paper
Brief description
Poster proof, 'Beware Wet Paint', designed for Domus Magazine cover, by Alan Fletcher; British, 1991.
Physical description
Poster proof with the words 'BEWARE WET PAINT', in three rows, each letter in a different colour, the colours running down the page.
Dimensions
  • Irregular height: 69.5cm
  • Width: 50cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Quote by Marcel Duchamp. Alan Fletcher 1996 (Signed in pencil along bottom)
  • Final Proof G (In pencil vertically top 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.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Myerson, Jeremy. Beware wet paint: designs by Alan Fletcher. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1996.
Collection
Accession number
E.385-2003

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Record createdJune 9, 2009
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