Rolling Stones – But Naked Unique Concept Artwork – Now Watch The Video

eil.com is the present custodian of a collection of incredible and unique  pieces of unreleased artwork.

Initially, these were preliminary design concepts for the sleeve artwork for a 1995 album titled Rolling Stones But Naked but as most Stones collectors will know, this was later changed and the album was released as Stripped.

We’ve created a video showing much of what is included in this collection – view the video here

view details about the collection on our site here

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, there is 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’. <b>In total there are over 40 different unreleased artwork designs for the <i>But Naked</i> cover</b>, with the additional paper items providing an interesting insight into the concepts and thought process that inform an album cover project such as this.

Without doubt, this is truly a one off stunning collection.

If you are interested in acquiring this or wish to make an appointment to view in person, contact Cathryn

call 01474 816 07 – email cathryn.draper@eil.com

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