ROLLING STONES But Naked (Incredible & unique collection of
unreleased artwork for preliminary design concepts of the
sleeve artwork for a 1995 album titled Rolling Stones But
Naked - this title was later changed and thealbum released as
Stripped. The artwork boards vary in size and each shows a
different visual concept for the 'finished' cover. Viewing these some 20
years after their creation it's incredible that they were rejected at all.
There are 15 boards with depictions ranging from Album Visual, CD
Album Visual, Box For CD [Slip Case], Box For CD with Snake Skin
Texture + Belly Band, etc; a further 5 presentation boards each
displaying a different pair of 3-D artwork visuals; 4 more separate
colour prints each with 2 design concepts; a black plastic folder titled
ROLLING STONES, "BUT NAKED" PRESENTATION displaying 8 further
concepts - these are individually titled and include Underwear cover,
Cigaratte [sic] cover, Bondage cover 1, Kertez cover, Cigaratte cover 2,
Bondage cover 2, Leventhal Doll cover, and Rheims Bedroom cover.
Finally, a quantity of 35 sheets of A3 paper designs in colour and black
& white; these are hand annotated concepts depicting 'Images as
reaction to the title', 'Tour Pass ideas', 'X-ray idea', 'Richard Misrach
images', 'Helmut Newton images', 'Naked packaging',' Fluxus blind
image', 'Images using live photos' and 'Basquiat paintings'. In total
there are over 40 different unreleased artwork designs for the But
Naked cover, with the additional paper items providing an
interesting insight into the concepts and thought process that inform
an album cover project such as this. Truly a one-off stunning collection
that could simply never be repeated!)
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