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Lollita

Record Sleeve
1987 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Beggars Group, Beggars Banquet Records (4AD) (record label)
Oliver, Vaughan (art director)
Oliver, Vaughan (designer)
Teller, Juergen (photographer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)
England (printed)

Card cover sleeve for the 12" single record 'Lollita' recorded by A. R. Kane. The sleeve is white and lettered in grey on both sides with title, band name, credits etc. and some excerpts of song lyrics. The front of the sleeve features a colour photographic image of a nude woman, viewed from the waist up, staring straight at the viewer. The back of the sleeve features a photographic image of the same woman viewed from behind, holding a large kitchen knife behind her back.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleLollita
Materials and techniques
Colour printing on card
Card
Colour Printing
Brief description
Card cover sleeve for the 12" single record 'Lollita' recorded by A. R. Kane. Art direction and design by Vaughan Oliver, with photography by Juergen Teller. Published by 4AD, Great Britain, 1987.
Physical description
Card cover sleeve for the 12" single record 'Lollita' recorded by A. R. Kane. The sleeve is white and lettered in grey on both sides with title, band name, credits etc. and some excerpts of song lyrics. The front of the sleeve features a colour photographic image of a nude woman, viewed from the waist up, staring straight at the viewer. The back of the sleeve features a photographic image of the same woman viewed from behind, holding a large kitchen knife behind her back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.5cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
Measured by DH 28/02/2011
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in grey on the front of the cover with band name, single title and some lyric excerpts.
  • The back of the cover is lettered in grey with some lyric excerpts, cover design credits, 'printed in england' and the 4AD logo with catalogue number 'bad 704'.
Subjects depicted
Women
Nude
Knife
Associated objects
Other number
BAD 704 - Record label's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.304-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O177389/lollita-record-sleeve-oliver-vaughan/
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