Design: Alan Aldridge
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date: 1967
Size: 505 x 760
Print: Offset
Condition: (B) Edge and body creases, markings and patina to surface, occasional small tare to edge

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Authentic vintage marketing poster for Penguin Books. (Text) ‘How would you like to paint your own woman? We bet you would. Right? Now. Here’s the catch, we’ve no women for you, but we do have a hell of a lot of Penguins. If you’re a photographer, designer or artist and you would like to do some book covers, send your specimens to The Fiction Art Director, Penguin Books Ltd. 7 John Street, London, W.C.1 or phone CHA 3614 for an appointment.’

Alan Aldridge stated, “In 1967 I was asked to paint a naked lady for Penguin Books, to be used in a job advertisement for cover designers. It didn’t go down too well with the company’s founder, Mr Allen Lane, but it got an enthusiastic response from many art students all across Britain.”

Alan Aldridge (19382017) was the groundbreaking British illustrator who shaped 1960s70s psychedelic pop culture. As Penguin Books Fiction Art Director (196568), he transformed paperback covers with surreal, airbrushed designs. He created iconic artwork for The Beatles, The Who, Elton John, and Cream, plus bestselling illustrated books like The Butterfly Ball. Known for bold, erotic, technicolour fantasy, he remains a defining figure in graphic art history.

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