Sweetness and Light

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Artist/Maker	V23 (design agency) Beggars Group, Beggars Banquet Records (4AD) (record label) Oliver, Vaughan (designer) Friedman, Jim (photographer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (published) England (made)

Card cover sleeve for the 12" single record 'Sweetness and Light' recorded by the group Lush. The front of the sleeve has and abstract design of meandering, fluctuating, coloured vertical lines against a black ground. The back of the sleeve is black with two photographic images of East Asian women in the top-left corner.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Music
Object type	Record Sleeve
Title	Sweetness and Light
Materials and techniques	Colour print (probably offset lithograph) on card Card Colour Printing
Brief description	Cover sleeve for the 12" single record 'Sweetness and Light' recorded by the group Lush. Designed by Vaughan Oliver of v23, with photography by Jim Friedman. Published by 4AD, Great Britain, 1990.
Physical description	Card cover sleeve for the 12" single record 'Sweetness and Light' recorded by the group Lush. The front of the sleeve has and abstract design of meandering, fluctuating, coloured vertical lines against a black ground. The back of the sleeve is black with two photographic images of East Asian women in the top-left corner.
Dimensions	Height: 31.5cm Width: 31.5cm
Marks and inscriptions	Lettered on the back of the sleeve with the band name, tracklisting, credits, barcode, 4AD logo and catalogue number 'BAD 0013'.
Subjects depicted	Women Photographs
Associated objects	E.1650:2-1992 (Set) E.1650:3-1992 (Set)
Bibliographic reference	Taken from R.P. 92/1774
Other number	BAD 0013 - Record label's number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1650:1-1992

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1041546/sweetness-and-light-record-sleeve-oliver-vaughan/

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