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The Soft Machine Turns On

Poster
1967 (published)
Artist/Maker
Osiris Visions Ltd (publishers)
Hapshash and the Coloured Coat (design studio)
English, Michael (artist)
Waymouth, Nigel (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

'The Soft Machine Turns On'. Colour screen-print poster publicising a pop group.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Soft Machine Turns On (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour screen print
Screen Printing
Brief description
'The Soft Machine Turns On'. Colour screen-print poster publicising a pop group. Design by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. Published by Osaris Visions Ltd., London, 1967.
Physical description
'The Soft Machine Turns On'. Colour screen-print poster publicising a pop group.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions
'OA 112' (Lettered with the name of studio etc., and numbered.)
Object history
'Hapshash and the Coloured Coat' and 'Jacob and the Coloured Coat' are studio names adoptedc by two English artists who cooperate to produce the posters: Michael English (born 1942), and Nigel Waymouth.
Subjects depicted
Machines
Soft Machine
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 numbers
  • OA 112. - Poster number
  • 17/A1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.24-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O693291/the-soft-machine-turns-on-poster-english-michael/
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