Album cover will be auctioned online by Christie's from June 2 through 18. FMTNews LedZeppelin
The album cover of Led Zeppelin’s eponymous debut album is expected to fetch up to $30,000 at Christie’s. © Image Courtesy of Christie’s
The artwork was created by British graphic designer and illustrator George Hardie in 1969, when he was still a graduate student at the Royal College of Art. “The idea of it was to use the impact of this but use it in a graphic interpretation. The fact is that it was the right thing to do because it’s really an iconic image plus it’s Led Zeppelin’s first album so it’s really good to go in there — not quite like a lead balloon — but like a streaming rocket …. It’s a dramatic incident, it’s a dramatic album, it’s a dramatic statement,” Page said of the album cover to TIME Magazine in 2016.
“The historical significance of this album cover cannot be understated. It marked a major turning point in the history of pop music, heralded by the debut of Led Zeppelin …. And the image has endured in a way that most other album covers have not — it very much has taken on a life of its own,” Peter Klarnet, Senior Specialist, Books & Manuscripts for Christie’s, said in a statement.
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