A Momentary Lapse of Reason

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Artist/Maker	EMI Records (publisher) Nexus Graphic Design (designer) Pink Floyd Music (publisher) Mekon (artist) Bailey, David (photographer) Dowling, Robert (photographer) Mort, Robert (photographer) Thorgerson, Storm (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Cardboard cover sleeve for the vinyl record 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason' recorded by Pink Floyd for EMI/Pink Floyd Music. The cover image depicts lots of metal-frame beds on a beach and the design features portraits of the band.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Music
Object type	Record Sleeve
Title	A Momentary Lapse of Reason (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph on cardboard Cardboard Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	Cardboard cover sleeve for the vinyl record 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason' recorded by Pink Floyd. The cover image depicts lots of metal-frame beds on a beach. Contributors to artwork and design: Pink Floyd, David Bailey, Mekon, Robert Dowling, Robert Mort and Storm Thorgerson. Published by Pink Floyd Music/EMI Records Ltd., Great Britain, 1987.
Physical description	Cardboard cover sleeve for the vinyl record 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason' recorded by Pink Floyd for EMI/Pink Floyd Music. The cover image depicts lots of metal-frame beds on a beach and the design features portraits of the band.
Marks and inscriptions	Lettered with titles, credits and 'Art Direction: Storm Thorgerson Front Cover Concept: Storm Thorgerson and Nexus Graphic Design: Andrew Ellis, Icon, London Photography: Robert Mort Artwork: Mekon'.
Credit line	Given by Kevin Edge
Subjects depicted	Beds (Furniture) Beach Portraits
Bibliographic reference	Dean, Roger., Nigel Grierson and Storm Thorgerson, compilers. Album Cover 5. Dragon's World, Limpsheld. 1989. p.27 (illus)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1809-1990

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Record created	February 23, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190758/a-momentary-lapse-of-reason-record-sleeve-mekon/

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