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Famous Nudes Dressed by Dickins & Jones.

Poster
1987 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Saatchi & Saatchi (advertising agency)
Von Treskow, Irene (artist)
Lander, Emily (artist)
Michelangelo (sculptor)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'Famous Nudes Dressed by Dickins & Jones'. Colour screen print poster with a double-image of Michelangelo's Adam viewed from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, advertising Dickins and Jones department store.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Fashion
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleFamous Nudes Dressed by Dickins & Jones.
Materials and techniques
Colour screen print
Screen Print
Brief description
'Famous Nudes Dressed by Dickins & Jones'. Colour screen print poster featuring a double-image of Michelangelo's Adam, advertising Dickins & Jones department store. Designed by Emily Lander and Irene von Trescow and produced by Saatchi & Saatchi Compton Ltd., Great Britain, 1987.
Physical description
'Famous Nudes Dressed by Dickins & Jones'. Colour screen print poster with a double-image of Michelangelo's Adam viewed from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, advertising Dickins and Jones department store.
Dimensions
  • Height: 152.4cm
  • Width: 101.6cm
Measurements taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Marks and inscriptions
'Adam in jacket, trousers and shirt by the Exact Clothing Company (L67, L32 and L24.50). Shoes by Carvela Club (L42.99). Michelangelo Buonarroti : Adam, 1512, Sistine Chapel, Rome.' (Lettered.)
Subjects depicted
Sculpture
Clothes
Place depicted
Sistine Chapel
Associated object
E.577-1987
Bibliographic reference
Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number
24/E12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.576-1987

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Record createdJuly 27, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O44508/famous-nudes-dressed-by-dickins-poster-von-treskow-irene/
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