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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art Cassina exhibition in Milan

This poster advertised an exhibtion which showcased the work of design students from The Glasgow School Of Art in the Cassina Gallery in Milan. The exhibition took place as a result of the connections between Cassina Design in Italy and The Glasgow School Of Art. The poster was designed by Gordon Huntly who was the head of graphic design at The Glasgow School Of Art at that time. It was printed in the Foulis Building on an offset lithography printing press. The information on the poster translates as: "Design from Glasgow School Of Art: Cassina in Milan, March 23rd to April 6th. Ceramics. Embroidery and fabrics. Design for furniture, furnishings and industrial products. Jewellery and Silverware. Art Graphics, Illustration. Printed Fabrics".

Huntly, Gordon F

Poster for an exhibition entitled 'Design Work '85'

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by both past and present students from the School of Design and the Mackintosh School of Architecture at The Glasgow School Of Art. It features a quote from John Kenneth Galbraith who was a prominent economist during this period. He stated "It is on the artistic not less than on the engineering and scientific excellence that economic security and economic progress now depend," The exhibition was held between Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and the Mackintosh Museum at The Glasgow School Of Art. It ran from the 9th of February to the 1st of March 1985.

Grant, Christopher

Poster for an exhibition of work by John Macfarlane

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by John Macfarlane who was a student at The Glasgow School Of Art before moving to Wales to work as a set and costume designer. The exhibition was held in the Bourdon building on The Glasgow School Of Art campus from the 5th to the 18th of December 1979. Interestingly, John Macfarlane's name has been misspelled on the poster where his surname has been spelled as 'McFarlane'.

Stewart, Robert

Poster for a postgraduate fine art exhibition

This poster advertised an exhibition showcasing work by graduating postgraduate fine art students from The Glasgow School Of Art in 1990. The exhibition took place between the 23rd and the 29th of June and was held in the Mackintosh Building. It included work by Alexander Dempster, James Hamlyn, Rachael Harris, Peter McCaughey, Donna Rae, Craig Richardson, Julie Roberts, Andrew Sneddon, Edward Stewart and Catherine Whippey. The photograph on the poster was taken by John Shankie and shows the exhibiting students posing inside the elevator in the Mackintosh Building. The poster was designed at The Glasgow School Of Art and printed by David J. Clark Limited.

Shankie, John

Poster for an exhibition of the work of The Glasgow Girls, 1890-1930

This poster for a major exhibition of painting, decorative and applied art by the Glasgow Girls from 1890 to 1930 uses an Eleanor Allen Moore painting as the background. It was a touring exhibition by the Kirkcudbright 2000 group. Over 100 exhibits were provided by the three main Scottish collections of 'Glasgow Girls' work - Glasgow Museums, The Glasgow School of Art and the Hunterian Gallery of the University of Glasgow, and the exhibition ran from 19th Nov to 20th Dec 2010. Artists and makers represented included Annie French, Margaret Gilmour, Norah Neilson Gray, Jessie M. King, Frances and Margaret Macdonald, Jessie Newbery and many others. Several private individuals also lent significant works, many of which had never been viewed in public before. The exhibition was curated by Liz Arthur, formerly a Glasgow Museums curator, who was involved in the last major exhibition on the 'Glasgow Girls' in Glasgow 1990. She also wrote a book to co-incide with this exhibition: 'Glasgow Girls : Artists and Designers 1890-1930' (Alba Printers Ltd, 2010). The exhibition was accompanied by a series of Lunchtime Lectures.

The following additional information was provided by the creator in September 2020:

"During my third year as a Graphic Design student, my fellow student Patrick Macklin who was studying Interior Design approached me with a request for technical help in producing a poster for the “Glasgow Girls” exhibition which he had been asked to produce. As this was the era of pre-digital, creating a poster for printing was quite a specialist task and was really the domain of Graphic Designers.

The artwork began by sourcing an archive image of historical female students in Glasgow School of Art in the Mackintosh era that could be scaled up to the finished size and retain a high enough visual quality. Because the concept that we decided on would heavily reference Mackintosh, I decided to use his signature violet colour and chose the exact colour from a pantone chart, that is so heavily associated with Mackintosh to create a duotone of the archival photograph.

Once I established the finished size of the poster, I drew by hand the printers marks that would establish cropping, registration of the separated colours and alignment of the layers on a sheet of heavy CS10 board (I think I did not eat for a couple of days to afford that board!).

The next stage was to create an area that would convey the information that the poster would communicate to the viewer. As this was the pre-digital era, I had to work out all the line lengths and the subsequent point sizes and weights required for the information block at the foot of the poster using type catalogues, rulers and casting off rulers. Once this was established, I requested to the operator of the GSA’s linotype photosetting machines to print out a galley proof of the type, once I was happy with the layout and weights of the type. I chose the font from the limited range that was available to the operator, as these fonts were mastered on glass slides that would be inserted into the linotype machine and were very expensive and therefore very limited in range. I settled on Book Antiqua as it was one of the least boring of the serif font choices and was also similar to the font used by Prefab Sprout in there “Swoon” album which I had nearly worn out the grooves of by that time!

I then used traditional art materials such as Letraset, drafting film, rubalith, rotring rapidograph pens and scalpels to create the text area. I hand drafted the dashed stroke around the border of the text area to invoke Mackintosh’s distinct use of these in his work. To create harmony and visual balance, I also hand cut a further two perfect squares using a half tone letraset dot matrix on a further layer to fill the void at either end of the “Girls” line of text to make a block so reminiscent of the Japanese wood cut influence in Mackintosh’s typography without being too literal.

It was really difficult in those days to source “camera ready” artwork for the sponsors logos, as companies in those days regarded any activity outside official Design Studios with the utmost suspicion. Eventually we managed to source these and I scaled them to the correct size using an Agfa Repromaster copy camera and the dark room. All these elements were then pasted on to the CS10 backboard or drafting film layers with measurement and precision using low tack spray mount.

The finished artwork was then sent to the Printer to be screen printed. I also supplied the pantone ink numbers they were to use for the screen printing in a list.

I was lucky enough to receive (as payment for my services) a “free” copy of the poster for my portfolio which I still have today!"

Devlin, Alistair

Poster for 'Exhibition Celebrating 70 Years Fashion Show 1947-2017', Glasgow

Poster for 'Exhibition Celebrating 70 Years Fashion Show 1947-2017', Reid Building, Glasgow, 21 Mar 2017-22 Mar 2017. The exhibition celebrated 70 years of fashion shows at The Glasgow School of Art, and the fashion show that year was held whilst the exhibition was showing. The images on the poster are from the Archives & Collections.

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Poster for an exhibition of work by Ralph Steadman

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by the illustrator Ralph Steadman which took place in the Bourdon Building in March 1981. Steadman is known for his illustrative work for Hunter S. Thompson, Private Eye Magazine and the New York Times. The reverse of the poster is annotated in pencil with the date '1981'.

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Poster for a screening of graduate films entitled 'Show Reel'

This poster advertised an exhibition showing a number of films by graduates of The Glasgow School Of Art in 2002 as well as a lecture by Alan Currall who was a lecturer in electronic media at the school. The event was held in the Centre for Contemporary Arts which is an arts centre close to The Glasgow School Of Art campus. Exhibitors included Natalie McFadyen, James Hodgson, Ruth Legg, Kate Drummond - Brassington, Mark Melvin, Will Holt, Michelle Daniels, Ruth Davies, John Barrington, Henry Coombes, Nicola Godsal, Mari Lagerquist, Martin Craig, Hannah Palmer, Dan Miller, Grethe Forsstrom, Laura Marshall, Kate Burton and Astrid Kruse Jensen.

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Poster for an exhibition of work by postgraduate students

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by postgraduate fine art students which was held in the Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School Of Art from the 23rd to the 29th of June 1990. The show included work by Marta Estrella, Martyn Greenhalgh, Christopher Hoddinott, Brigitte Jurack, Richard Learoyd, Rachel Meehan, Gregory Patterson, Robert Stark and Euan Sutherland. The poster was designed at The Glasgow School Of Art and printed at David J Clark Limited. The image used on the poster was taken by Richard Learoyd and shows a number of students including: - Alex Dempster - Jim Hamlyn - Peter McCaughey - Craig Richardson - Julie Roberts - Andrew Sneddon - Eddie Stewart - Cathy Whippey The list of names was gathered with the help of Eddie Stewart who works as a tutor in the school's painting and printmaking department. Stewart previously graduated from the school with an undergraduate degree in drawing and painting and a postgraduate degree in fine art. He is pictured in The Glasgow School Of Art's degree show posters for 1988 and 1990, both of which appear in The Glasgow School Of Art poster collection. A key identifying each student in the photograph can also be found in the archival folder for this item.

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Poster for exhibition 'Like a Shadow: Representations of Death, Dying and Disposal in Art', Glasgow

Poster for exhibition 'Like a Shadow: Representations of Death, Dying and Disposal in Art', Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow, 03 Sep 1998-03 Oct 1998. The exhibition was held alongside the conference 'The Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal' at Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, 03 Sep 1998-06 Sep 1998.

The artwork featured on the poster is 'The Elegy' by John Bellany, 1993.

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Poster for the embroidered and woven textiles degree show

This poster advertised the work of graduating students from the embroidered and woven textiles department who were exhibiting as part of The Glasgow School Of Art degree show in 1994. The exhibition was held in the Newbery Gallery in the Newbery Tower at The Glasgow School Of Art where the textiles department was based at that time. It was open from the 25th of June to the 1st July 1994.

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Poster for the furniture, interior and product design degree show

This poster advertised the work of graduating furniture, interior and product design students as part of the 1984 degree show at The Glasgow School Of Art. The exhibition ran from the 15th to the 21st of June and was held in the Newbery Lounge in the Newbery Tower on The Glasgow School Of Art campus. The poster is illustrated with a drawing of the Newbery Lounge from the vantage point of the Mackintosh Building.

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art Master of Fine Art exhibition

This poster advertised the Master of Fine Art exhibition of 1986. The exhibition was held in the McLellan Galleries on Sauchiehall Street from the 14th to the 19th of June and included work by a number of artists including Rosemary Beaton, Steven Elliott, Deran Fenwick, Gerard Ferris, Thomas Hegarty, Henry Kerr, Lorraine A. Lamond, Richard Levan, Tracy Mackenna, Craig Peacock and David Watt.

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Photographs

A collection of photographs and negatives taken by George Oliver dating from 1948-1990 (apart from two dated c1897). George arranged his photographs into folders by approximate subject matter and gave each folder a title. This has been reflected in the catalogue with the folder titles in the catalogue being the exact titles George used. The folders have been arranged by subject matter where possible. There are exceptions to the above. Folders DC 066/2/20 and DC 066/2/86 have not been given a title by George and have been catalogued as 'Untitled'. There are exceptions to this with DC 066/2/78 containing photographs taken by Cordelia Oliver as they date from after George's death. As a result of the Mackintosh Building fire in 2014, folders DC 066/2/87, DC 066/2/88 and DC 066/2/89 contain photographs that have been rehoused since their deposit and are likely to have been taken out of other folders. It is not clear from which folders these photographs came originally, so they have been catalogued separately with their titles reflecting the subject matter of the photographs they contain.

Oliver, George

Poster for an exhibition of work by fine art postgraduates

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by postgraduate fine art students in 1985. The exhibition was held in the Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School Of Art and included work by students studying drawing and painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and stained glass. The exhibition ran from the 14th to the 20th of June and the image on the poster shows exhibiting students. The photograph was taken by H. Kerr and was printed at David J. Clark Limited. The reverse of the poster is annotated with "Photo by Harry Kerr, Graphics".

Kerr, Harry

Poster for an exhibition entitled 'Saying it with Clay!'

This poster advertised an exhibition held in The Mackintosh Museum at The Glasgow School Of Art that showcased the work of graduating ceramics students from across Britain. The back of the poster lists exhibiting students along with details of where they studied. The exhibiting graduates included: - Jane Frankland: Manchester Polytechnic - Liz Astbury: Wolverhampton Polytechnic - Nicola Marrison: Crewe Alsager College Of Higher Education - Maria Lindemann: Central St. Martins College of Art And Design - Mark Hailley: Loughborough College of Art And Design - Madeleine Child: Camberwell School Of Art - Susan Wade-French: Glasgow School Of Art - Rob Richard: Bristol Polytechnic - Julian Smith: South Glamorgan Institute Of Higher Education - Zoe Whiteside: Staffordshire Polytechnic - Helen Hitchcock: Leicester Polytechnic - John Alliston: South Glamorgan Institute Of Higher Education - Susan Ross: Duncan of Jordanstone College Of Art And Design - Michael Green: Bath College Of Higher Education - Dale Butroid: Bristol Polytechnic - Michael O'Connor: Goldsmiths' College - Susan Room: Middlesex Polytechnic - Marie Bonlokke: Pederson Royal College Of Art - Bryony Seymour: Staffordshire Polytechnic - Brigitte Winsor: Birmingham Polytechnic - Philomena Pretsell: Edinburgh College Of Art - Frankie McKenna: Grays School Of Art The exhibition ran from the 6th to 27th of October 1990 and was funded by Potterycraft Ltd and The Glasgow District Council's Festival Budget for The Glasgow 1990 Culture Capital of Europe.

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Poster for an exhibition of work by Neil Macdonald

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by The Glasgow School Of Art graduate Neil Macdonald. Macdonald had recently returned from travelling around Belgium and Italy having been awarded the John David Cargill Travelling Scholarship. The exhibition ran from Wednesday the 21st to Friday the 30th of April 1982 and was held in the Mackintosh building on The Glasgow School Of Art campus.

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art degree show

This poster advertised The Glasgow School Of Art's annual degree show. The exhibition was held on The Glasgow School Of Art campus as well as in the Centre for Contemporary Arts and Tramway which are local arts centres. The 2003 degree show was sponsored by McGrigor Donald, Hoegaarden Beer, the MacFarlane Group and the Gordon Yuill Company. The image used in the poster is by Raul Ortega and the poster was designed by Inlapland.

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art Master of Fine Art exhibition

This poster advertised the Master of Fine Art exhibition of 1986. The exhibition was held in the McLellan Galleries on Sauchiehall Street from the 14th to the 19th of June and included work by a number of artists including Rosemary Beaton, Steven Elliott, Deran Fenwick, Gerard Ferris, Thomas Hegarty, Henry Kerr, Lorraine A. Lamond, Richard Levan, Tracy Mackenna, Craig Peacock and David Watt.

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Poster for an exhibition entitled 'The Return of Odysseus'

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by Barry Atherton which was held in The Glasgow School Of Art's Mackintosh Museum from the 10th to the 28th of September 1984. Atherton had previously been a first year fine art lecturer from 1974 to 1975. The reverse of the poster is annotated and says "Ian Monie - Library".

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Poster for Degree Show 2000

Poster for Degree Show 2000. The poster features text "Painting is for resistance fighters, an unaligned mob of realists, visionaries, zealots, schemers and gamblers alongside the usual sprinkling of opportunists, camp followers and those hapless innocents who don't quite know themselves why they're there.". The degree show was held on 23 Jun 2000-30 Jun 2000.

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Poster for an exhibition of work by John O'Connor

This poster advertised two exhibitions happening coherently at The Glasgow School Of Art in early 1977. The main feature was an exhibition of work by John O'Connor which was held in the Mackintosh Museum and featured pieces in a variety of mediums including drawing, painting, wood-engraving, graphics and illustration. O'Connor spent a brief period lecturing at The Glasgow School Of Art in the graphic design department from 1978 to 1979. The second exhibition was entitled 'The National Book League Exhibition Of Book Design and Production' and was held in the Mackintosh Library. A duplicate of this poster can be found under reference number GSAA/EPH/10/193.

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Poster for an exhibition entitled 'Glasgow Girls'

This poster advertised an exhibition showcasing the work of The Glasgow Girls held in The Mackintosh Museum at The Glasgow School Of Art. The exhibition ran from the 15th of July to the 31st of August 1988 and was the precursor for a larger Glasgow Girls exhibition that would be shown two years later. This particular exhibition was curated by Jude Burkhauser who went on to write a full PhD on The Glasgow Girls.

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Poster for the embroidered and woven textiles degree show

This poster advertised the work of graduating students from The Glasgow School Of Art's embroidered and woven textiles department which was exhibited at the 1987 degree show. The exhibition ran from the 13th to the 18th of June and was held between The Glasgow School Of Art's Mackintosh Building and Newbery Tower.

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Poster for The Glasgow School of Art's 'Exhibition Of Embroidery And Weaving'

This poster promoted an exhibition in London showcasing embroidery and weaving work from The Glasgow School of Art. The exhibition was held in the Embroiders Guild on 73 Wimpole Street London, with a private view "tea party" for the event held on Sunday the 4th November 1979. The exhibition itself was open from the 5th to the 29th of November 1979.

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Poster for the sculpture degree show

This poster advertised the work of graduating sculpture students that were part of one of The Glasgow School Of Art's degree shows in the late 20th century. The exhibition was held in the Haldane building on The Glasgow School Of Art campus and ran from the 13th to the 20th of June.

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Poster for an exhibition entitled 'Design Work '85'

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by both past and present students from the School of Design and the Mackintosh School of Architecture at The Glasgow School Of Art. It features a quote from John Kenneth Galbraith who was a prominent economist during this period. He stated "It is on the artistic not less than on the engineering and scientific excellence that economic security and economic progress now depend," The exhibition was held between Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and the Mackintosh Museum at The Glasgow School Of Art. It ran from the 9th of February to the 1st of March 1985.

Grant, Christopher

Poster for an exhibition entitled 'Points of Departure'

This poster advertised an exhibition associated with Scotrail and The Glasgow School Of Art Enterprises. It featured work created on location at railways across Scotland by visual communications students at The Glasgow School Of Art and was organised to celebrate the Railtracks Station Regeneration project. The poster was designed by Patrick Macklin who later became the head of Interior Design at The Glasgow School Of Art.

Macklin, Patrick

Poster for an exhibition of embroidery work from 1894 to 1920

This poster, designed by Pat MacKenzie, advertised an exhibition of embroidery examples from 1894 to 1920. The exhibition was held between The Glasgow School Of Art's Mackintosh Museum and Kelvingrove Museum from the 6th of June to the 17th of August 1980. The image used on the front of the poster is an embroidery piece by Ann Macbeth who became the head of needlework and embroidery at The Glasgow School of Art in 1909, and is heavily associated with the "Glasgow Style".

Mackenzie, Pat

Poster for an exhibition entitled 'Assorted: A Show Of Mixed Design Disciplines'

This poster advertised an exhibition showcasing a number of design disciplines from the Masters in Design course. This exhibition was first shown in Princes Square in Glasgow city centre before travelling to the Coningsby Gallery in London. The exhibition was sponsored by McVitie's biscuits and The Jacob's Bakery Ltd.

Fitzpatrick, Janice

Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art fine art degree show

This poster advertised the work of graduating students from the fine art department who were exhibiting as part of The Glasgow School Of Art's annual degree show in 1990. The exhibition included work by students studying environmental art, painting, photography, printmaking and scupture. The poster features a photograph taken by Andrew Stark which shows the exhibitors sitting on the steps of the Mackintosh Building. Martin Boyce winner of the Turner Prize in 2011 can be seen sitting in the front row fifth from the left. The poster was designed at The Glasgow School Of Art and printed by David J Clark Limited. Students in the photograph include: - Martin Boyce - Alan Bullas - Alison Chisholm - Michelle Davies - Alex Dempster - Laura Donnelly - Barry Fielder - Alan Frame - Jim Hamlen - Moray Hillary - Richard Leroyd - Christina McBride - Jackie Munro-McGoldrick - Calum Angus McKay - Gregory Patterson - Alan Pike - Leslie Pontin - Mark Sadler - Ross Sinclair - Andrew Sneddon This list was compiled with the help of Eddie Stewart who tutors in the school's painting and printmaking department. Stewart previously studied fine art at The Glasgow School Of Art at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and is pictured in the degree show posters from 1988 and 1990. A key naming each student can be found alongside this poster.

David J Clark Ltd

Poster for an exhibition of work by postgraduate fine art students

This poster is one of an edition of 100 posters advertising an exhibition which showcased the work of graduating postgraduate fine art students from The Glasgow School Of Art in 1987. The exhibition was held in the Mackintosh Building from the 13th to the 18th of June. Exhibitors included: - Carolyn Angus - Jean Baird - Stephen Beddoe - Di Blenkinsop - Stephen Conroy - Ashley Cook - Lorraine Cotterell - Peter Quinn - Fiona Robertson - Anne Russell - Andrew J Scott - Lucinda Wilkinson - Lorraine R. Turley Ashley Cook designed and printed the poster. Fiona Robertson went on to work as head of the fourth year painting and printmaking course at The Glasgow School Of Art.

Cook, Ashley

Poster for an exhibition of work by postgraduate fine art students

This poster advertised an exhibition which showcased the work of graduating postgraduate fine art students from 1989. Exhibitors included: Suzanne Applefold, Reuben Kench, Raymond Lee, John Shankie and Zandra Thomson. The exhibition was held in The Glasgow School Of Art's Mackintosh Building from the 17th to the 22nd of June 1989. The poster was designed at The Glasgow School Of Art and features a photograph which was taken by David Kenmillshank.

David J Clark Ltd

Poster for an exhibition entitled 'Mackintosh in Context: the European Connection'

This poster, which is orange in colour, advertised an exhibition of work by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which was held in the Mackintosh Building, Room 31, on the Glasgow School of Art campus. The show focused on 'Mackintosh in Context: the European Connection', running from the 7th of July until the 18th of August 1990. The exhibition was sponsored by Black Bottle Scotch Whisky.

Peffer, Karen

Poster for an exhibition of work by postgraduate fine art students

This poster advertised an exhibition which showcased the work of graduating postgraduate fine art students from 1988. Exhibitors included David Bowe, Jillian Campbell, Kathy Chambers, Kirstie Cohen, Matthew N. Dalziel, Mark Durden, Peter Finnemore, Steven Hurrel, Evelyn Jardine, Simon C. Laurie, Olivia Lloyd, Maree Meahan, Iona A. E. Montgomery, Ann Vance, Alison Watt and Eveleen Wright. The exhibition was held in the Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School Of Art from the 18th to the 23rd of June 1988. The poster was designed at the school and features a photograph of the exhibitors sitting on top of The Glasgow School Of Art's Bourdon Building which was taken by Stanley C. Shepherd.

David J Clark Ltd

Poster for an exhibition of work by postgraduate students

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by postgraduate fine art students in 1985. The exhibition was held in the Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School Of Art and included work by students studying drawing and painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and stained glass. The exhibition ran from the 14th to the 20th of June and the image on the poster shows the exhibiting students. The photograph was taken by H. Kerr and was printed at David J. Clark Limited.

Kerr, Harry

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