JOY DIVISION Ultra Rare UNKNOWN PLEASURES UK PROMO POSTER Ex Rob Gretton Archive

Description

A large and extremely rare UK promotional poster for the 1979 release of Joy Division's debut album
Unknown Pleasures
.
Legendary graphic designer Peter Saville based the
Unknown Pleasures
album cover on an illustration of a pulsar, from the
Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy,
explaining the band “very astutely spotted this image as potentially a wonderfully enigmatic symbol for a record cover.”  In the intervening years, the
Unknown Pleasures
artwork has become an iconic and instantly recognizable image.
We acquired this directly from the archive of Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton (1953-1999), and it is accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from Gretton's partner, Lesley Gilbert, noting its provenance. The Gretton collection archivist told us these posters were made for fly posting, were not widely used, and few survived.  Some were pasted up in the lobby of the Apollo Manchester during the Buzzcocks /Joy Division  show on October 27, 1979.  An example of this poster was included at the Manchester Art Museum's 2017 exhibition
True Faith
, which explored the legacy of Joy Division and New Order.
In March 2019, Peter Hook’s copy of this poster, also from Rob Gretton’s archive, sold at auction for 61 + VAT.
27 7/8” x 38 1⁄4”, in virtually mint condition.
An extraordinary poster with exceptional provenance.
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