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The Graphic Work of Anthony Gross

Poster
1968 (made)
Artist/Maker
Gross, Anthony (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'The Graphic Work of Anthony Gross'; Poster advertising an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 26 April – 28 September 1968; Photo-lithograph poster with lettering in orange; Signed and dated 'Ay. Gross 1936.'; Lettered 'Designed by HMSO Peter Branfield 3478'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Tiles
History of the V&A
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Graphic Work of Anthony Gross
Materials and techniques
Photo-lithograph
Photo-Lithography
Brief description
'The Graphic Work of Anthony Gross'; Poster advertising an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum; Photo-lithograph; Signed and dated; Designed by Peter Branfield; Great Britain; 1968.
Physical description
'The Graphic Work of Anthony Gross'; Poster advertising an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 26 April – 28 September 1968; Photo-lithograph poster with lettering in orange; Signed and dated 'Ay. Gross 1936.'; Lettered 'Designed by HMSO Peter Branfield 3478'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 73.7cm
  • Width: 48.3cm
Dimensions taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Ay. Gross 1936.'

    Note
    Signed and dated.

  • 'Designed by HMSO Peter Branfield 3478.'

    Note
    Lettered.

Object history
This poster reproduces a detail of the ‘Maison de Poète’, (no. 55 in the exhibition), illustrated on the Pl.10 of 'The Etchings of Anthony Gross' by Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum Picture Book, 1968. An impression of the etching E.4902-1960 and its cancelled copper plate, E.4901-1960 are in the Department of Prints and Drawings.
Place depicted
Victoria and Albert Museum
Association
Gross, Anthony
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969
  • 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
5/A6 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.885-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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