- Title:
- A work of art is a corner of nature seen through a temperament
- Object name(s):
- Poster
- Brief description:
- Poster for IBM featuring the word ART with letters superimposed on top of each other as outline letters, the triangle in the centre of the A is made up of red, blue, yellow and green shapes formed from the overlapping lines.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Prints
- Associated concept:
- Advertising
- Associated concept:
- Posters
- Content - concept:
- lettering
- Credit line:
- Given by Alan Fletcher
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 84
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 59.5
- Inscription content:
- ART
- Inscription interpretation:
- The image
- Inscription content:
- "A work of art / is a corner of nature / seen through a temperament" / Émile Zola
- Inscription interpretation:
- Bottom, centred, at a slant
- Inscription content:
- TO REPLACE THIS POSTER YOU WILL SOON BE ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM THE TOUR PASCAL COLLECTION. THE ART COMMITTEE.
- Inscription interpretation:
- Bottom centre
- Inscription content:
- IBM
- Inscription interpretation:
- Logo bottom right corner
- Inscription content:
- DESIGN PENTAGRAM PRINT G + B ENGLAND
- Inscription interpretation:
- In yellow, vertically, top right corner
- Material:
- ink
- Material:
- paper
- Object history note:
- Part of a gift from Alan Fletcher of his archive to represent his design output from the 1970s to the present day.
- Object history note:
- For more on Alan Fletcher's work see Myerson, Jeremy. Beware wet paint: designs by Alan Fletcher. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 1996.
- Object name:
- Poster
- Object number:
- E.400-2003
- Object production date:
- 1971-1991
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1971-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1991-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Pentagram Design Ltd.
- Organisation's association:
- designers
- Object production organisation:
- CTD Printers Ltd.
- Organisation's association:
- printers
- Object production organisation:
- Zaehnsdorf and Croft
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturers
- Object production place:
- London
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Poster for IBM featuring the word ART with letters superimposed on top of each other as outline letters, the triangle in the centre of the A is made up of red, blue, yellow and green shapes formed from the overlapping lines.
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- screen printing
- Technique:
- Screenprint on paper
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0ecef114-95cf-3fc4-a303-0b90fe2f15c3
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0ecef114-95cf-3fc4-a303-0b90fe2f15c3, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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