Physical description

Poster titled "Melbourne's Painted Trams" with subtitle "Transporting Art", printed on one side of a single sheet of art paper, then folded in half, then folded in concertina style (6 panels), featuring the 15 Melbourne W2 class tramcars that were painted in the years between 1978 and 1982. Provides notes on the artists, their thoughts on the projects and details of the project. Sponsored by the Victorian Ministry for the Arts and Ministry of Transport. Notes that 14 of 15 trams had reached the end of their working lives and were to be auctioned on 7/12/1986, that No. 504, Clifton Pugh was to be donated to Museum of Victoria and that a new series of 20 painted trams were being sponsored. Poster prepared by Malpass and Burrows of the Design group with photographs by Stephen Hall and Regina Grant. Decorated trams, artists.



Features trams and artists

525 - Les Kossatz

243 - Mirka Mora

504 - Clifton Pugh

503 - John Nixon

497 - Erica McGilchrist

567 - Peter Corrigan in 1978 and repainted by Paul Mason in 1982.

345 - Gareth Sansom

384 - Howard Arkley

234 - Andrew Southall

336 - Mike Brown

444 - Trevor Nickolls

502 - Rosemary Ryan

340 - Don Laycock

607 - Craig Gough

439 - Stewart Merrett



2nd copy added 2/6/15.



Electric Traction, August 1979, page 135 has noted on the removal of the Japanese flags on tram 567 by artist Peter Corrigan.