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Scar

Record Sleeve
1989 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Card cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing mini-album 'Scar' recorded by the group Lush.

The outer sleeve has an abstract design of undulating vertical lines in pinks, purples and blues. In the top-right corner of the front of the cover there is a photographic image of a woman wearing a yellow dress, above an elongated horizontal image of a human finger. In the same position on the back of the cover there is a passage of white text overlaid onto an abstract background, also above a human finger.

The inside of the cover is red. On one side there is an illustration of a young girl in a frilled dress, with 'elder sister' and two East Asian characters lettered below, all in white. On the other side there is an illustration of a human mouth with a tongue sticking out, with 'tongue' and an East Asian character lettered below, also all in white.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleScar
Materials and techniques
Colour print (probably offset lithograph) on card
Brief description
Cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing mini-album 'Scar' recorded by the group Lush. Sleeve design by Vaughan Oliver and Christopher Bigg at 23 Envelope. Published by 4AD, Great Britain, 1989.
Physical description
Card cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing mini-album 'Scar' recorded by the group Lush.

The outer sleeve has an abstract design of undulating vertical lines in pinks, purples and blues. In the top-right corner of the front of the cover there is a photographic image of a woman wearing a yellow dress, above an elongated horizontal image of a human finger. In the same position on the back of the cover there is a passage of white text overlaid onto an abstract background, also above a human finger.

The inside of the cover is red. On one side there is an illustration of a young girl in a frilled dress, with 'elder sister' and two East Asian characters lettered below, all in white. On the other side there is an illustration of a human mouth with a tongue sticking out, with 'tongue' and an East Asian character lettered below, also all in white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.5cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
Measured by DH 01/03/2011
Marks and inscriptions
  • Front of cover lettered with band name and title: 'lush Scar'.
  • Back of cover lettered with: tracklisting, credits, barcode, names of band members, 4AD logo and catalogue number 'JAD 911' and 15 lines of text (presumably song lyrics).
  • 'elder sister' and 'tongue' are lettered below two images inside the cover, on opposite sides.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Taken from R.P. 92/1744
Other number
JAD 911 - Record label's number
Collection
Accession number
E.1649:1-1992

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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