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Persuasive Percussion, Volume 3

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Scattered blue and black dots, and concentric circles that read as grey dots float across a white field. The words PERSUASIVE PERCUSSION are printed in bold black type across the top edge, with VOLUME 3 and STEREO below. At top right under the title is the Command recors logo and RS 817 SD below. At bottom center is @ 1960 Grand Award Record Co., INC. New York, N.Y. and at lower right: Cover by Josef Albers
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Josef Albers, German, 1888–1976, active USA, 1933–1976
Client
Command Records, Harrison, New Jersey
Date
1960
Credit Line
Gift of Mathew Weaver in honor of Lenora J. and Robert J. Weaver
Medium
Offset lithograph on white wove paper, gate-fold cardboard, black vinyl 33 1/3 RPM record
Dimensions
Closed cover: 31.6 x 31.6 cm (12 7/16 x 12 7/16 in.)
Open cover: 31.6 x 63.4 cm (12 7/16 x 24 15/16 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Record cover
Type
Record cover
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