Andy Warhol Designed Record Covers (Andy Warhol record art)

1982-1986

Andy Warhol album art 1983-1986: A collection of four 1980’w LPs with individual cover art designed by Andy Warhol. Each piece is featured prominently in 'Andy Warhol: The Record Covers, 1949-1987- Catalog Raisonne' by Andy Warhol scholar, Paul Marechal. Featuring the following recording artists Aretha Franklin, John Lennon, Paul Anka & Rats & Star. Classic 1980's Andy Warhol imagery that makes for fantastic 1980s Pop wall-art. Medium: Offset printed album covers accompanied by their individual vinyl record albums. 12 x 12 inches / 30.48 x 30.48 cm (applies to each individual). Covers: Ranging from good to very good overall vintage condition. Includes original records in good to excellent condition. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Andy Warhol record art: Further Background: In the late 1950s, as the record industry began to expand at an extraordinary rate, Warhol was hired by both Columbia and RCA Records on a freelance basis to create album covers and promotional content and, from there, carried the skill throughout his career. When Warhol arrived in New York he met with his schoolmate George Klauber who was, at the time, working for a creative agency run by Will Burtin. Klauber did Warhol a favour and introduced him to Burtin and the opportunity to work with Columbia’s, and later RCA’s, art director Robert M. Jones. Robert M. Jones remembered it fondly and suggested that the commissions may have been his first: “I gave him three little spots to do for the corners of the standard albums. He needed money...

Basquiat Beat Bop 2014 (Basquiat record art): 30th anniversary pressing of Basquiat's historic Beat Bop vinyl record (1983), featuring Jean Michel's signature cover art and production as well as licensed trademark by the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. From a sold-out edition of 1983. Includes a split color black and white vinyl pressing, a four-panel folded insert describing its history, as well as interviews with Basquiat co-collaborators Rammellzee & K-Rob; as well as noted art historian, Glenn O'Brien. Off-set print on vinyl record jacket & vinyl record; published 2014. 12 x 12 inches. Very good overall condition. From a sold-out edition of 1983. Looks amazing framed. Further History: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s history with rap music...

Artist: Andy Warhol. Title: Mick Jagger F&S II.139 Framed Announcement card. Medium: Lithograph Hand Signed Size: Image size: 6" x 4", Framed: 10" x 8 Year: 1975 Edition: Limited Re...

Artist: Andy Warhol. Title: Mick Jagger F&S II.147 Framed Announcement card. Medium: Lithograph Hand Signed Size: Image size: 6" x 4", Framed: 10" x 8 Year: 1975 Edition: Limited Re...