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Album Cover, Provocative Percussion, Volume 2

This is a Album cover. It was designed by Josef Albers and the art director was Charles E. Murphy and published by Command Records and made for (as the client) Command Records and subject: Enoch Light and the Light Brigade. It is dated 1960 and we acquired it in 2018. Its medium is offset lithograph on white wove paper, gate-fold cardboard.

This object was donated by Ellen Lupton. It is credited Gift of Ellen Lupton.

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Its dimensions are

30.5 × 30.5 cm (12 × 12 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, upper left corner: STEREO; upper right corner: Command / records / RS 810 SD

Cite this object as

Album Cover, Provocative Percussion, Volume 2; Designed by Josef Albers (German, 1888–1976, active USA, 1933–1976); Art Director: Charles E. Murphy (American, 1933–2005); Published by Command Records; Subject: Enoch Light and the Light Brigade; offset lithograph on white wove paper, gate-fold cardboard; 30.5 × 30.5 cm (12 × 12 in.); Gift of Ellen Lupton; 2018-45-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hear, See, Play: Designing with Sound.

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