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Save Earth Now

Poster
1967 (published)
Artist/Maker
Hapshash and the Coloured Coat (Design Studio)
English, Michael (artist)
Waymouth, Nigel (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

'Save Earth Now'. Colour screen print poster in royal blue, gold, green and yellow, depicting a trans-religious godhead within a disc. This is encircled by a band of flower children dancing against an image of earthly paradise. Two fish are swimming at the base of the poster and birds are flying along the top. Lettered with name of studio, etc., and numbered 'OA 116.'

Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleSave Earth Now (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour screen print
Screen Printing
Brief description
'Save Earth Now'. Colour screen print poster in royal blue, gold, green and yellow, depicting a trans-religious godhead within a disc. Design by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. Published by Osiris Visions Ltd. London. 1967.
Physical description
'Save Earth Now'. Colour screen print poster in royal blue, gold, green and yellow, depicting a trans-religious godhead within a disc. This is encircled by a band of flower children dancing against an image of earthly paradise. Two fish are swimming at the base of the poster and birds are flying along the top. Lettered with name of studio, etc., and numbered 'OA 116.'
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 116' (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 adopted by two English artists who cooperate to produce the posters: Michael English (born 1942), and Nigel Waymouth.
Subjects depicted
Planet Earth
Fish
Children
Birds
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 116. - Poster number
  • 16/G12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.23-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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