Peter Saville - HACIENDA FIRST ANNIVERSARY - 1980s

# Peter Saville Associates – The Haçienda First Anniversary (FAC 83) – 1983 – Large-Format Factory Records Poster

**Designer:** Peter Saville Associates (Peter Saville, British, born 1955)

**Title:** The Haçienda – 1 Year (First Anniversary)

**Original design year:** 1983

**Factory catalogue number:** FAC 83

**Event:** The Haçienda's first anniversary, 20–21 May 1983

**Technique:** Commercially printed promotional poster

**Dimensions:** 30 × 40 inches (approximately 76.2 × 101.6 cm)

**Edition:** Unnumbered promotional poster; original print-run size unknown

**Signature:** Unsigned

**Paper:** Poster paper

**Provenance:** Original from 1983. Acquired in the early 2000s from a Manchester-based seller associated with The Haçienda nightclub. Retained in a private collection since acquisition. Slight printing offset in colored bars a characteristic of the original run of this poster.

**Condition:** Mint, according to the owner, with no visible imperfections. Blank reverse, without writing, stamps or annotations.

**Printing date:** 1983 printing, consistent with its format and provenance;..

## Description

An exceptionally well-preserved, large-format example of Peter Saville Associates' striking design for the first anniversary of The Haçienda, Manchester's legendary nightclub, in May 1983.

The poster commemorates the club's first year, displaying the words "1 YEAR" and "HAÇIENDA", alongside the date 21 May and Factory catalogue reference FAC 51.

The composition combines restrained modernist typography with distinctive black-and-yellow and black-and-red industrial hazard stripes. These graphic elements echo the celebrated interior design of The Haçienda by Ben Kelly.

The poster design is catalogued as FAC 83, part of Factory Records' distinctive numbering system encompassing records, promotional materials, artworks and other cultural objects.

## Historical significance

The Haçienda opened on 21 May 1982 at 11–13 Whitworth Street West in Manchester, founded by Factory Records and its associates, including Tony Wilson and New Order.

Although initially struggling commercially, the club would become one of the most influential venues in British music history, particularly through its associations with post-punk, electronic dance music, acid house and the Manchester music scene.

This first-anniversary design predates the club's late-1980s international fame and represents an important early example of its developing visual identity.

Peter Saville Associates' graphic approach combined European modernist typography with the industrial visual language of the club itself.

The poster is documented in the historical Factory Records catalogue as FAC 83 and reproduced in *Designed by Peter Saville* (2003).

## Provenance and condition

The poster was acquired in the early 2000s from a seller in Manchester associated with The Haçienda.

It has remained in a private collection since that time and is described as being in mint condition, with no visible tears, creases, stains, pinholes, discolouration or other imperfections.

The reverse is blank and contains no handwritten markings, stamps or additional text.

Its 30 × 40-inch format matches the documented dimensions of the original 1983 poster.

## Collectors' significance

An important design associated with the origins of The Haçienda and the early years of Factory Records.

The first-anniversary poster combines the graphic design legacy of Peter Saville with the cultural history of one of Britain's most celebrated nightclubs.

Of particular interest to collectors of original music posters, Peter Saville, Factory Records, New Order, Manchester music memorabilia and twentieth-century British graphic design.