Colourbox

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Artist/Maker	23 Envelope (design agency) Beggars Group, Beggars Banquet Records (4AD) (record label)
Place of origin	Great Britain (published)

Card cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Colourbox recorded by the band Colourbox. The design features a group portrait of four women overlaid with a grid of repeating motifs of three yellow fruit that are at times shown in silhouette.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Music
Object type	Record Sleeve
Title	Colourbox
Materials and techniques	Colour print (probably offset lithograph) on card Card Colour Printing
Brief description	Cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Colourbox' recorded by the band Colourbox. Designed by 23 Envelope. Published by 4AD, Great Britain, 1985.
Physical description	Card cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Colourbox recorded by the band Colourbox. The design features a group portrait of four women overlaid with a grid of repeating motifs of three yellow fruit that are at times shown in silhouette.
Dimensions	Height: 31.5cm Width: 31.5cm Measured by DH 23/02/2011
Production type	Mass produced
Marks and inscriptions	'COLOURBOX' (Lettered twice along top of front and back of sleeve, once in red and again in yellow.) Back of sleeve also lettered with the tracklisting, 4Ad catalogue number 'CAD 508' and the 4AD logo.
Subjects depicted	Group Portrait Fruit Silhouettes Women
Associated objects	E.285-1989 (Set) E.286-1989 (Set)
Other number	CAD 508 - Record label's number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.284-1989

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Record created	December 9, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O177369/colourbox-record-sleeve-23-envelope/

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