ORIGINAL ~ FIRST EDITION ~ SIGNED BY ARTIST

 "THE ARTS & CENSORSHIP." 1968. 

Description:  design & a/w  by ALAN ALDRIDGE

(( Aldridge, Alan, born 1943 [designer/artist] ))

 

Condition A:  very good - virtually as new / unused / minor darkening at edges from age

The poster was printed in 1968 for a large  special  event 

put on by The National Council for Civil Liberties &  The Defence of Literature & The Arts Society 

at the Royal Festival Hall on Monday 9th December 1968. 

Aldridge did the artwork for the event, which featured the likes of The Grateful Dead

, John Peel, Rita Tushingham, George Melly and Paul Jones to name just a few.

The poster is printed on coated paper stock in full colour, sized around 31 x 20 inches. Condition is described as 'good', but with the occasional bent corner due to storage for 40+ years. Price? A very affordable £30.18 on a 'buy it now'. More than 10 are available.

Height: 78.6 cm poster, Width: 50.6 cm poster 

OR (30 3/4 inches x19 3/4 inches)

Associated Live Production: The Arts and Censorship Benefit night

. Performers: Rita Tushingham, Peggy Ashcroft, Carl Davis, Samuel Beckett, Shelia Hancock, Paul Jones, John Peel, Billie Whitelaw, Nicol Williamson, Roger McGough and Scaffold, Grateful Dead,  George Melly 

and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra.

   

 Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London. 9.12.1968. Performance category: art, music, dance, poetry.

Poster advertising The Arts and Censorship at the Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, 1968

Review: ''Finding just one original 1960s event poster would be a find, but the seller here has obviously found a quantity of original Alan Aldridge-designed The Arts and Censorship event posters somewhere - and is selling them for a very reasonable price'' on eBay