David Bowie A 'Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)' Promotional Poster For RCA Records and Tapes, ...
David Bowie
A 'Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)' Promotional Poster For RCA Records and Tapes, 1980
design, artwork and photography by Edward Bell
61 x 122cm (24 x 48in)
Footnotes:
David Bowie attended Edward Bell's first exhibition in a Covent Garden Gallery in 1980 and was sufficiently impressed to ask him to design the next album sleeve which was required within a week. He also encouraged Bowie to smear his lipstick in pursuit of a more decadent image of Pierrot. The resulting artwork bore the influence of Warhol portraits of the period.
Provenance
This poster is from the collection of Roger Crimlis, and appears in the books, Cult Rock Posters, Aurum Press Ltd and Pin Ups, Cadiz Music
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David Bowie
A 'Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)' Promotional Poster For RCA Records and Tapes, 1980
design, artwork and photography by Edward Bell
61 x 122cm (24 x 48in)
Footnotes:
David Bowie attended Edward Bell's first exhibition in a Covent Garden Gallery in 1980 and was sufficiently impressed to ask him to design the next album sleeve which was required within a week. He also encouraged Bowie to smear his lipstick in pursuit of a more decadent image of Pierrot. The resulting artwork bore the influence of Warhol portraits of the period.
Provenance
This poster is from the collection of Roger Crimlis, and appears in the books, Cult Rock Posters, Aurum Press Ltd and Pin Ups, Cadiz Music
