Jamie Reid | Anarchy in the UK promotional poster, 4 November 1976

Jamie Reid

Anarchy in the UK, promotional poster

produced for the release of the band's debut single on 4 November 1976, (500 x 360mm.)

Jamie Reid’s deliberate misuse of the Union Jack – tearing it up and then pinning it back together – is a good example of the scope of the Pistols’ ambition. The photographer of the flag assemblage that Reid used for this poster was Ray Stevenson.