Dear all,
Thank you very much to those who responded to my query. It seems most people are thinking along similar lines regarding the retention/disposal of duplicate posters.
Here is a summary of the suggestions made by respondents:
• With older (mid-20th century) posters produced by hand there’s a lot of value in seeing how the artists adapted their design to a range of sizes (and hence there's a greater need to retain issues of these posters in their various formats, as well as duplicate sets for exhibition, reprographics, conservation potential). Where the design has just been scaled up or down using computer-based design the duplicates hold less value though may be retained for similar purposes.
• However, it is worth retaining posters with slight copy and design variations to have a full record of a campaign's scale and scope.
• Regarding retention of copies of the same poster in their various sizes (beyond a duplicate set), as long as a full range was kept for a few posters to provide samples, it would be enough just to record when cataloguing which sizes the others were produced in.
• As for which size is kept, it probably depends largely on storage requirements, display/exhibition potential, and any requirements/potential for reproduction – the consensus being that A3 posters may reproduce the best (though near in mind other size formats). Keeping one size of posters across a collection is better for consistency and ease of storage.
I hope this is of some interest/help to others working with similar material.
Regards,
Anna Flood
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