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Peter Gabriel
This is one of a collection of prints launched in 2010 and celebrates a truly remarkable and unique soundwork by Peter Gabriel.
The image is also available in a large size print in a special edition of 25
LIMITED EDITION OF 99
Signed and numbered in pencil by Storm Thorgerson
Countersigned by Peter Gabriel
Produced by Hipgnosis: Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell and Peter Christopherson
Silkscreen in 22 colours plus 2 glazes on Somerset tub sized 410gsm
Printed by Coriander Studios, London
Image size: 19.00" x 19.00"
Paper size: 25.50" x 33.50"
£1,250
£1,042 excluding VAT
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This was the first of Peter Gabriel's four eponymously titled solo albums following his departure from Genesis (the 'car' label arose simply from the need to differentiate between the four). Storm describes for Hypergallery how the cover was inspired by a rainy cab journey though Trafalgar Square:
"On the bonnet of this vehicle sat myriad drops that were being shaken by the vibrating cab.....I thought, "That looks cool, can I duplicate it one day?" Which is how Peter Gabriel came to be sitting, looking furtive in the front seat of my beloved Lancia Flavia which had been heavily dowsed with a garden hose, the car not Peter, I hasten to add.
"I feel that what makes this shot distinctive is the hand colouring (the blue) and the fact that each individual highlight was scraped clean with a scalpel by a very patient Richard Manning. This low-key portrait approach was a credit to Peter Gabriel's modesty. He appeared similarly obscured in the next two albums namely Melt and Tear, in which the designs were more concerned with idea, mood, and evocation than with cosmetics and how good looking we made him. Don't get me wrong...he's not bad looking, is our Pete.
"Sanity rather than vanity."
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