Music in Twelve Parts Parts 1&2

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Artist/Maker	Virgin Records Ltd (publisher) Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd. (printer) Le Witt, Sol (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (published) Great Britain (printed)

Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Music in Twelve Parts Parts 1&2' recorded by Philip Glass for Virgin Records Ltd. The cover design features only Philip Glass' name and the album title, lettered in white, against a red background with lots of thin yellow vertical lines running across it. The reverse is lettered with titles, credits, tracklisting etc. and three columns of text by Philip Glass.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Music
Object type	Record Sleeve
Title	Music in Twelve Parts Parts 1&2
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph on cardboard Cardboard Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Music in Twelve Parts Parts 1&2' recorded by Philip Glass. Cover design by Sol LeWitt. Published by Virgin Records Ltd., Great Britain, 1974.
Physical description	Cardboard cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'Music in Twelve Parts Parts 1&2' recorded by Philip Glass for Virgin Records Ltd. The cover design features only Philip Glass' name and the album title, lettered in white, against a red background with lots of thin yellow vertical lines running across it. The reverse is lettered with titles, credits, tracklisting etc. and three columns of text by Philip Glass.
Dimensions	Height: 31.3cm Width: 31.5cm 31.3 x 31.5 cm
Marks and inscriptions	The reverse is lettered with titles, credits, tracklisting etc. and three columns of text by Philip Glass. 'PHILIP GLASS / MUSIC IN TWELVE PARTS / PARTS 1&2' (Only text on front cover.)
Credit line	Given by Kevin Edge
Associated objects	E.1807-1990 (Set) E.1808-1990 (Set)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1806-1990

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Record created	February 23, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190755/music-in-twelve-parts-parts-record-sleeve-le-witt-sol/

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