The original artwork for 'Let It Bleed', which is the eighth British & tenth American album from The Rolling Stones, is up for auction, reports Gibson
The sleeve art has a deep & complex history starting in 1969 when Stones guitarist, Keith Richards, commissioned his artist friend Robert Brownjohn to design the cover for 'Let It Bleed'.
The record sleeve features a surreal sculpture which consists of the vinyl being played on an old-style phonogram arm, fitted with an automatic changer spindle supporting a number of stacked items including a dinner plate, a clock face, a pizza, a tire, and a cake with garish icing topped with figurines of the Stones .
The cake was made by then-unknown chef, Delia Smith, who was instructed by Brownjohn to create the cake.
She has since said of her contribution to the record sleeve:
"they wanted it to be very over-the-top and as gaudy as I could make it."
A number of selected Brownjohn works are currently represented in at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Auctioneers Bonhams of London are estimating a £30-40 asking price when the original artwork goes under the hammer on Dec.13
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