Poster — South Pacific poster, London, Great Britain, 1988
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1988
Poster in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number S.3341-1994), made in London, Great Britain, dated 1988. The museum's brief description reads: Poster advertising a production of South Pacific at The Prince of Wales Theatre, 1988.
Museum description: Pictorial and typographic poster advertising a production of South Pacific at The Prince of Wales Theatre, 1988. The poster has a deep blue ground and red, white and yellow text. A pale moon shaped circle dominates the bottom right hand corner of the poster. Enclosed within this ‘moon’ is a silhouette image showing a man and a woman standing together in profile. They are embracing, their gaze directed towards on another.
The museum records it as Printed ink on paper, measuring Height 51 cm; Width 31.8 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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- Catalogue references
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Historical context
Poster advertising a production of South Pacific at The Prince of Wales Theatre, 1988.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- printing ink, paper
- Dimensions
- Height 51 cm; Width 31.8 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Printed ink on paper
- Place recorded
- London, Great Britain
Identification
- Museum object name
- Poster
- Museum object number
- S.3341-1994
- Museum system number
- O1164039
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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