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Artwork Design

1987 (made)
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Place of origin

Photographic transparency with protective sleeve inscribed in crayon 'AC6'. A cibachrome photograph of the same image, with a cropping mark tracing sheet overlay, inscribed in crayon 'CITY STREET AT NIGHT'.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Photography, ink and crayon
Brief description
Two photographic designs of a city at night, for the cover sleeve for the long-playing record 'One Thousand Years of Trouble' recorded by the group Age of Chance for Virgin Records Ltd.. Created by The Designers Republic, England, 1987.
Physical description
Photographic transparency with protective sleeve inscribed in crayon 'AC6'. A cibachrome photograph of the same image, with a cropping mark tracing sheet overlay, inscribed in crayon 'CITY STREET AT NIGHT'.
Dimensions
  • Sheet inscribed ' ac6' height: 5.9cm
  • Sheet inscribed ' ac6' width: 6.7cm
  • Sheet inscribed with title height: 12.9cm
  • Sheet inscribed with title width: 12.9cm
Measurements taken from Registry File.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'AC6' (Inscribed in crayon on the protective sleeve attached to one sheet.)
  • 'CITY STREET AT NIGHT' (Inscribed in crayon on the other sheet.)
Credit line
Given by The Designers Republic
Object history
The image is reproduced on the back of the cover sleeve for the long-playing record 'One Thousand Years of Trouble' recorded by the group Age of Chance for Virgin Records Ltd. (1987). For an example of this see E.789-1990.
For related artwork see E.854-1990.
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Accession number
E.856-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
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