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Meddle

Record Sleeve
1971 (first issued), 1988 (made)
Artist/Maker
EMI Records (publisher)
Pink Floyd Music (designers)
Hipgnosis (photographer)
Dowling, Robert (photographer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

Gatefold cover sleeve cover for the long-playing record 'Meddle' recorded by Pink Floyd for Harvest/EMI Records. The outside cover is an abstract image in shades of blue and (?)orange. The inside features a black and white photograph of the four members of Pink Floyd.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleMeddle (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph on textured paper
Textured Paper
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Gatefold cover sleeve cover for the long-playing record 'Meddle' recorded by Pink Floyd. Cover designed by Pink Floyd, with photographs by Bob Dowlign and Hipgnosis. Published by Harvest/EMI Record, Great Britain. 1988 reprint of the original 1971 design.
Physical description
Gatefold cover sleeve cover for the long-playing record 'Meddle' recorded by Pink Floyd for Harvest/EMI Records. The outside cover is an abstract image in shades of blue and (?)orange. The inside features a black and white photograph of the four members of Pink Floyd.
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with titles, credits and 'Album Cover Designed by Pink Floyd Outer Sleeve Photos by Bob Dowling Inner Sleeve Photo by Hipgnosis'.
Credit line
Given by Kevin Edge
Production
This is a 1988 reprint of the original 1971 design.
Subjects depicted
Portraits
Pink Floyd
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1814-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190763/meddle-record-sleeve-dowling-robert/
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