Object Details
Design Director
Tibor Kalman, American, b. Hungary, 1949–1999
Illustrator
Maira Kalman, American, Israeli-born, b. 1949
Firm
M&Co, New York, New York, USA, 1979–1992
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Recto: The space in divided into four quandrants by two thin black
lines. In the upper right and lower two quadrants are three line illustrations of a lighted cigar, hand and car, one in each quadrant, representing the album's three songs, identified beneath the illustrations in small black capital letters. A fourth illustration of a man's head in the upper left quadrant, representing David Byrne, is accompanied by his name in red, also in small capitals, above the illustration, and by 45 RPM in black below. In the upper right quadrant on the same line and in identical type as the Byrne name is the album title.
Verso: The four quadrant illustrations are identical to the Recto, but instead of the song titles in capitals beneath the illustrations, there are titles and album production details in small upper and lower case type.
Credit Line
Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co.
Date
1981
Accession Number
1993-151-64
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Object Name
Album Covere
Type
Album Covere
Medium
Offset lithography
Dimensions
31.3 x 31.4 cm (12 5/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Place
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1993-151-64