Drawing
ca.1980 (made)
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Colour rough for the record sleeve design for the album 'abacab' by the group Genesis.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Coloured crayon, pencil, ink and collage |
| Brief description | Colour rough for the record sleeve design for the album 'abacab' by the group Genesis. By Bill Smith, Great Britain, ca.1980. |
| Physical description | Colour rough for the record sleeve design for the album 'abacab' by the group Genesis. |
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| Gallery label | These sketches trace the design journey from drawing to finished product, exposing the designer's thinking process on the page. Designers develop a visual concept which then meets the practical considerations of the layout, text, and how the sleeve looks in the crowded shelves of a record store. The Genesis sleeve faithfully reproduces the hand-made quality of the original design. Verhoeven's drawing created a story from small details.(2019) |
| Credit line | Given by Bill Smith |
| Object history | This colour rough was to be shown to the band for approval. |
| Historical context | Bill Smith has designed records sleeves since 1977. Genesis sketched the design for 'Abacab' after browsing through Smith's 'ideas' sketchbook. Smith worked-up different colour versions of the original Pantone collage. Four different colourways were eventually printed, each with 5 special Pantone Colours on special board with embossing. There were 200,000 - 300,000 in the limited edition. Smith appears to have used the Pantone sample swatched themselves for his collage. |
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| Accession number | E.1733-1992 |
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| Record created | March 18, 2009 |
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