D. & A.D. 21st
Poster
early 1983 (issued)
early 1983 (issued)
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Colour offset lithograph poster advertising the 21st Anniversary of the Design & Art Directors Association and their Awards Dinner at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 8 June 1983. The design shows a stylised depiction of a man wearing a blue suit holding a wide glass in his left hand and flexing his right arm, against a bright yellow ground.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | D. & A.D. 21st |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | 'D. & A.D. 21st'. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising the 21st Anniversary of the Design & Art Directors Association and their Awards Dinner at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 8 June 1983. The image of the design is derived from Adolphe Mouron Cassandre's advertisement for Dubonnet. Designed by Alan Fletcher for Pentagram Design Ltd., Great Britain, 1983. |
| Physical description | Colour offset lithograph poster advertising the 21st Anniversary of the Design & Art Directors Association and their Awards Dinner at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 8 June 1983. The design shows a stylised depiction of a man wearing a blue suit holding a wide glass in his left hand and flexing his right arm, against a bright yellow ground. |
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| Object history | The design was by Alan Fletcher, and the image of the poster derived from Adolphe Mouron Cassandre's advertisement for Dubonnet. |
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| 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 | 30/C11 - V&A microfiche |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1353-1986 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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