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anyone who spaces lower case letters would steal sheep

Poster
1995-2000 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster, featuring lower case letters resembling letters 'cut out' from magazines spaced equally over the sheet in four rows, reading 'anyone who spaces lower case letters would steal sheep'.

Object details

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Object type
Titleanyone who spaces lower case letters would steal sheep (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph on paper
Brief description
Poster, 'anyone who spaces lower case letters would steal sheep', designed by Alan Fletcher for ISTD Fine Paper Ltd.; British, 1995-2000.
Physical description
Poster, featuring lower case letters resembling letters 'cut out' from magazines spaced equally over the sheet in four rows, reading 'anyone who spaces lower case letters would steal sheep'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 83.8cm
  • Width: 59.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • anyone who spaces lower case letters would steal sheep (equally spaced)
  • designed by Alan Fletcher and printed on Job Parilux Silk 200 gsm for ISTD Fine Paper
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.
Historical context
For more on Alan Fletcher's work see Myerson, Jeremy. Beware wet paint: designs by Alan Fletcher. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1996.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.390-2003

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Record createdJune 9, 2009
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