Limited edition print featuring the inner sleeve art for Pink Floyd's seminal album "Wish You Were" Here by Storm Thorgerson.
Storm Thorgerson has created some of the most iconic album cover artwork ever made, including the globally recognised Pink Floyd album ‘Dark Side of the Moon’. "Many people agree that Storm Thorgerson is the best album designer in the world. Look at the evidence. By which I mean look at your collection of LPs." (Douglas Adams from ’Eye of the Storm’ 2000).
During the making of the "Wish You Were Here" album, Storm Thorgerson claimed that Pink Floyd was "not entirely together as a band", which is where the concept of absence for the album came from. The nude woman in the inner sleeve is absent from first viewing. You must strain to find her form in the image of a red veil. Storm Thorgerson wrote in his book Mind over Matter "The red muslin veil is a universal item, or symbol, of hiding the face, either culturally as in Araby, or for respect as in funerals. What is behind the veil?"
Pink Floyd composed the album while performing in Europe and it was recorded at Abbey Road Studios during over a variety of sessions in 1975. The songs on "Wish You Were Here" cover a range of themes, including criticism towards the music business, alienation, as well as a tribute to founding member Syd Barrett. Storm Thorgerson further emphasised his concept of absence by concealing the final artwork for "Wish You Were Here" in a black-coloured shrink-wrap - so the album art could not be seen until unwrapped.
This is a limited edition of 100 fine art prints. The remaining prints in this edition come complete with a certified Storm Thorgerson Estate stamp and are accompanied by a certification of authentication.
Please contact us at info@rockarchive.com regarding our current availability of limited edition prints signed by Storm Thorgerson.
All our music prints are produced to the highest quality. They are carefully packaged and delivered using a tracked service.
| Size | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | £750.00 |
At Rockarchive we carefully select the best print-type to optimise each individual photograph. We have chosen to print this image as a giclée fine art print produced in our London studio.
A giclée print is the most popular way of producing great quality collectable prints in the digital age. It is produced is by scanning an original negative. The image is then outputed onto the chosen paper using specialist inks to make a beautiful archival print.
This giclée print will be produced on archival 310gsm cotton based rag paper. Photo Rag paper is the most popular choices amongst professional printers as it produces high quality fine art prints with excellent clarity and depth.
Our prints are available in a variety of sizes. Please see below for specific measurements for the 'A series' of paper sizes.
A3 (11.7" x 16.5" inches) (29.7 cm x 42.0 cm)
A2 (16.5" x 23.4" inches) (42.0 cm x 59.4 cm)
A1 (23.4" x 33.1" inches) (59.4 cm x 84.1 cm)
A0 (33.1" x 46.8" inches) (84.1 cm x 118.9 cm)
Please note all our sizes refer to the paper size of the print produced not the image size unless otherwise stated.
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