Object Details
- Design Director
- Tibor Kalman, American, b. Hungary, 1949–1999
- Design Team member
- Emily Oberman, American, b.1963
- Photographer
- Sebastaio Salgado
- Firm
- M&Co, New York, New York, USA, 1979–1992
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Recto: This photographic long range image of gold miners in Brazil by Sebastiao Salgado was reproduced in the present cover design. The presence of long ladders hung against rock which the miners must continually ascend to reach the next level emphasizes the back-breaking nature of the work. The name of the lead musician, Jerry Harrison, and album title, Casual Gods, are imprinted in yellow script horizontally on one line within the top quarter.
- Verso: A close-up image of miners carrying heavy sacks on their backs while climbing up ladders is another reproduction of Salgado's work. The names of the album's songs are imprinted in small yellow letters on one line close to the bottom edge. Production information appears in yet smaller type underneath.
- Inner sleeve: Recto - This shows a medium range view of the miners at work. Several horizontal lines of small yellow type near the top edge include the names of the musicians and songs. An additional number of lines regarding the record production are imprinted near the bottom edge.
- Inner sleeve: Verso - This is a close-up image of a miner's face and arms, with the same kind of heavy sack across his back, seen in the album image (verso). His face is grimy and perspiring and reflects exhaustion, resignation and desperation. The two lines of yellow type at the bottom, unattributed here, include the phrase "the bewildering indifference of casual gods," referring both to the source of the miners' plight and the album title.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co.
- 1988
- Accession Number
- 1993-151-67-1,2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Album Cover
- Type
- Album Cover
- Medium
- Offset lithography
- Dimensions
- 1993-151-67-1, album cover, 31.3 x 31.3 cm (12 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
- 1993-151-67-2, inner sleeve, 30.2 x 30.6 cm (12 x 12 1/8 in.)
- Place
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1993-151-67-1_2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41a3fb219-0b63-4976-a0b1-270cbdf91817
