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So

Record Sleeve
1986 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Peter Saville Associates (design agency)
Charisma Records Ltd. (publisher)
Wickens, Brett (designer)
Key, Trevor (photographer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (manufactured)

Cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'So' recorded by Peter Gabriel for Charisma Records Ltd.. The cover features a black and white Polaroid photo-portrait of Gabriel. The reverse has a white ground with text giving tracklisting and production information etc.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Portraits
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleSo
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph, black and blue on white, on cardboard
Cardboard
Offset Lithography
Brief description
Cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'So' recorded by Peter Gabriel. Cover design by Peter Saville Associates and Brett Wickens, featuring a photograph by Trevor Key. Published by Charisma Records Ltd., Great Britain, 1986.
Physical description
Cover sleeve for the 12" long-playing record 'So' recorded by Peter Gabriel for Charisma Records Ltd.. The cover features a black and white Polaroid photo-portrait of Gabriel. The reverse has a white ground with text giving tracklisting and production information etc.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.3cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
Measured by DH 27/07/2010.
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered on the back with titles, artist's name and copyright information.
Credit line
Given by Brett Wickens (Peter Saville Associates)
Production
The front of the sleeve features Key's Polaroid photo-portrait of Gabriel. The typographical design of the title 'So' is credited to Wickens.
Subjects depicted
Portrait
Gabriel, Peter
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2270-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O191214/so-record-sleeve-wickens-brett/
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