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Tom Eckersley was a leading graphic designer who worked in Britain in the twentieth century. His signature style combined bold, bright colours and flat graphic shapes.
Born in Lancashire in 1914, he studied at Salford Art School in Manchester before moving to London in 1934.
Eckersley’s long career began in the 1930s and continued through to the 1990s. During this time, he designed more than 80 posters for London Transport, initially in collaboration with fellow artist Eric Lombers.
This artwork, comissioned in 1977, promotes the Museum of London with a striking red and black design featuring a female figure holding a basket of oranges.
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