An album cover featuring two navy blue squares, tilted slightly to the right, and filled with a series of small cobalt blue square and rectangles. Navy blue text is printed, in all caps, above and below the square-shaped graphics and list the name of the album along with the names of the album's contributing artist.

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1961	Work on this object began.
2017	We photographed this object. We exhibited this object.
2018	We acquired this object. We photographed this object.
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Album Cover, Magnificent Two-Piano Performances: Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert

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: Jascha Zayde, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Leonid Hambro. It is dated 1961 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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offset lithography.
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offset lithography.
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A wide-mouthed slightly bulbous circular bowl, tapering to a molded circular foot. The exterior of the bowl is decorated with a composition of stylized geometric architecture, art-deco advertising signs, cocktail glasses, and musical instruments in black, with a royal blue, transparent glaze over the whole surface. A small part of the interior is shown, which is decorated with a continuous band of musical staff and notations in royal blue over a black ground.

The New Yorker (Jazz) Punch Bowl
glazed, molded earthenware with sgraffito design.
Gift of Mrs. Homer Kripke.
1980-21-7

Its dimensions are

30.5 × 30.5 cm (12 × 12 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, upper left: SOUND [with a spiral extending from the "D"] / 35 MM; upper right: CC 33-11010 / Command / CLASSICS; lower right: © 1961 GRAND AWARD RECORD CO., INC., NEW YORK, N.Y.

Cite this object as

Album Cover, Magnificent Two-Piano Performances: Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert; Designed by Josef Albers (German, 1888–1976, active USA, 1933–1976); Art Director: Charles E. Murphy (American, 1933–2005); Published by Command Records; Subject: Leonid Hambro (American, 1920–2006), Jascha Zayde (American, b. Argentina, 1911–1999), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austrian, 1756–1791), Felix Mendelssohn (German, 1809–1847), Franz Schubert (Austrian, 1797–1828); offset lithograph on white wove paper, gate-fold cardboard; 30.5 × 30.5 cm (12 × 12 in.); Gift of Ellen Lupton; 2018-45-2

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

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2JUQPK/
Accession Number 2018-45-2
Object ID 1141959665