Object Details
Design Director
Tibor Kalman, American, b. Hungary, 1949–1999
Design Team member
Larry Kazal
Photographer
Alan Lewis Kleinberg
Firm
M&Co, New York, New York, USA, 1979–1992
Client
Hannibal Records
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Recto: Partial view (shoulders to below the waist) of a photograph of a man in a black jacket, white shirtfront and black bowtie, with his hands across his midsection holding a fedora; Defunkt is imprinted, in reverse, in multicolored capital letters across the upper section of the figure. Verso: On a chartreuse background, in the upper half, Defunkt is imprinted in capital letters in black. In the lower half is a small group photograph of some of the band members, composed of six men, five of whom are in white jackets and one in a black jacket, white shirt and black bowtie, a fedora in his left hand (the same figure as in the recto image) and one woman in a black dress. The album numbers and personnel are listed below the photograph.
Credit Line
Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co.
Date
1982
Accession Number
1993-151-56
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Album cover
Type
Album cover
Medium
Offset lithograph on board
Dimensions
31.2 x 31.2 cm (12 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.)
Place
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1993-151-56