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Colourbox

Record Sleeve
1985 (published)
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.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleColourbox
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 typeMass 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
Other number
CAD 508 - Record label's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.284-1989

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