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Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Record Sleeve
1967 (made)
Artist/Maker
Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd. (printer)
The Apple (design agency)
Sir Peter Blake (artist)
Haworth, Jann (artist)
Cooper, Michael (photographer)
Place of origin
England (printed)

A record sleeve depicting a photographic image of a group of cardboard cut-outs of celebrities in colour and in black and white. On the front row are The Beatlesdepicted as the Sgt. Pepper band wearing their iconic day-glo military style outfits. In the foreground of the image is a flower display where the word 'BEATLES' has been written in red flowers.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Music
Photographs
Object type
Record sleeve
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Record Covers
  • Record Covers
  • LP (Record)
TitleSgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Record sleeve colour offset lithograph
Cardboard
Offset Lithograph
Brief description
LP sleeve, inner cover and record, The Beatles album 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', 1967
Physical description
A record sleeve depicting a photographic image of a group of cardboard cut-outs of celebrities in colour and in black and white. On the front row are The Beatlesdepicted as the Sgt. Pepper band wearing their iconic day-glo military style outfits. In the foreground of the image is a flower display where the word 'BEATLES' has been written in red flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31cm (Note: closed)
  • Width: 31.7cm (Note: closed)
  • Height: 31.1cm (Note: open)
  • Width: 63cm (Note: open)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1997
Style
Pop Art
Subjects depicted
The Beatles
West, Mae
Dietrich, Marlene
Dylan, Bob
Monroe, Marilyn
Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills
Huxley, Aldous
Associations
The Beatles
Bibliographic references
  • Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs: Graphics for the Music Business, 1960-1990. London: Futures Publications, 1991. p. 101, p. 125
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1997
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.587:1 to 3-1997

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Record createdApril 8, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O223226/sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-record-sleeve-sir-peter-blake/
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