Clara Butt
Poster
c.1916 (issued)
c.1916 (issued)
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Poster advertising the contralto Clara Butt's exclusivity to Columbia Records. The main feature of the design being a colour painted portrait of Butt wearing an arctic fox-fur and holding some roses. Graded prices for different sizes of gramophone recordings are given at the poster’s lower edge.
Object details
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| Title | Clara Butt |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithography |
| Brief description | Poster advertising the contralto Clara Butt's exclusivity to Columbia Records. The main feature of the design being a colour painted portrait of Butt wearing an arctic fox-fur. Offset colour lithograph print. Columbia Records. Great Britain. c.1916. |
| Physical description | Poster advertising the contralto Clara Butt's exclusivity to Columbia Records. The main feature of the design being a colour painted portrait of Butt wearing an arctic fox-fur and holding some roses. Graded prices for different sizes of gramophone recordings are given at the poster’s lower edge. |
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| Credit line | Given by The Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd. (UERL) |
| Object history | The aloofness and near arrogance of Columbia's black and white portraits of Beecham et al (see E.437 to 440-1916) are absent in this softer, more sensuous image conveyed by the arctic fox-fur, delicate skin tones and roses, yet an air of professional composure is maintained. The 'exclusive' nature of operatic recordings at this time is here illustrated by the graded prices at the poster's lower edge. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. |
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| Accession number | E.460-1916 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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