The Victoria and Albert Museum buys Mick Jagger's lips at auction
www.telegraph.co.uk - 1st Sep 2008
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Mick Jagger's famous pout has been bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The London institution paid just under £51,000 for the iconic pop-art image, created by student John Pasche in 1970, at auction in the United States.
It will now form part of the permanent collection of the V&A, the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design.
The image first appeared on the Stones' Sticky Fingers album and has been in continuous use by the band ever since.
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Mick approached the Royal College of Art in London in 1969 to help him find a design student, after being frustrated by the bland designs offered by their record label Decca Records.
He visited Pasche's degree show, which led to discussions for a logo and other work for the Stones' own label, Rolling Stones Records, after the group's contract ended with Decca in 1970.
Victoria Broakes, head of exhibitions, V&A Theatre and Performance Collections, said: "
The Rolling Stones' Tongue is one of the first examples of a group using branding and it has become arguably the world's most famous rock logo.
"We are delighted to have acquired the original artwork, especially as it was designed at the Royal College of Art right here in South Kensington by a student who used to visit the V&A's collections for inspiration.
"We are very grateful for the Art Fund's support in helping us acquire this exciting addition to our collections."
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British museum buys Rolling Stones' lips artwork
Mick Jagger's pout is officially fit for a museum.
British museum buys Rolling Stones' lips artwork
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AP - Mick Jagger's pout is officially fit for a museum.
V&A Museum buys iconic Stones lips
LONDON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- London's Victoria and Albert Museum has reportedly bought the original design for The Rolling Stones' iconic tongue and lips logo for about $100,000.
British museum buys Rolling Stones' lips artwork
Mick Jagger's pout is officially fit for a museum.
It's official: Mick Jagger's lips are a work of art
Mick Jagger's pout is officially fit for a museum.
London's Victoria and Albert Museum announced Tuesday that it bought the original artwork for The Rolling Stones' famous "lips" logo, inspired by the singer's mouth.
The museum said it bought the work at an auction in the United States for $92,500.
The lips-and-tongue logo was designed by London art student John Pasche in 1970, and was first used on the band's "Sticky Fingers" album the next year.
The design "is one of the first examples of a g
Museum Buys Rolling Stones' 'Lips' Logo
London's Victoria and Albert Museum announced Tuesday that it has bought the original artwork for The Rolling Stones' famous "lips" logo, inspired by the singer's mouth.
The museum said it bought the work at an auction in the United States for US$92,500.
The lips-and-tongue logo was designed by London art student John Pasche in 1970. It was first used on the band's "Sticky Fingers" album the next year, and has been part of the Stones' image ever since.
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Rolling Stones - Rolling Stone Lips Logo Bought By Uk Museum
The original artwork for The Rolling Stones' iconic lip and tongue logo has been bought by a British museum.
Officials working for London's Victoria and Albert (V+A) ...
The Rolling Stones:
V&A museum buys Stones tongue
"Now, if you'd all be so kind as to step past the Poor Clare's Reliquary, and turn left at Sir Edward Burne-Jones' 'Dorigen of Britagne,' we come to the freakishly large tongue..." Visitors to London's famed Victoria & Albert Museum will be hearing some variation on those directions in the future, as the museum has just purchased the original artwork for The Rolling Stones' legendary lips-and-tongue logo for the bargain-basement price of $92,500.00. The iconic image was designed by John Pasche
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