Poster; The Tate Gallery by Tube, by David Booth of the agency Fine White Line, 1987.
Main details
| Reference number | 1995/1823 |
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| Description | This poster was commissioned in 1987 as part of the Art on The Underground series. The campaign was established the previous year as a conscious attempt to re-establish the London Transport poster tradition. Tate Gallery by Tube, by David Booth of the agency Fine White line, was the most popular of the series and reproductions continue to sell all over the world. Harry Beck's design for a diagrammatic Underground map, which is still used today, was first published in 1933. Booth's witty adaptation of the diagram presents the principal Underground lines in paint, presenting a clever play on the word 'tube'. |
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| Dates | 1986 |
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| Completeness | 86% |
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Physical description
Dimensions Attribute Value Height 762mmWidth 508mmDescriptive size Double crownColour Attribute Value Colour - Green
Item content Attribute Value Object title Tate Gallery by TubeText The Tate Gallery by Tube One of a series of new paintings commissioned by London Underground -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Artist David Booth, 1986Malcolm Fowler, 1986Nancy Fowler, 1986Agency Fine White Line,Printer Print Processes Ltd,Publisher London Underground Ltd, 1986
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