MIND GAMES album cover question
JohnBL
What's that square red thingy in the lower right corner of the MIND GAMES cover?
John L
TheWalrusWasDanny
Dunno what you mean..can you afford us a link?
Danny
King Size Johnson
Funny, I never noticed that before. Good on yer.
It looks like either
a) some sort of reddish plant in the foreground of the field, or
b) one of those Chinese ink stamp thingies, like this:
http://www.easytourchina.com/china-specials/images/chinese-seal-2.jpg
The mystery begins (or continues) -- here's a good-sized .jpg for
everyone to create their own theories (click the pic to magnify):
JohnBL
> b) one of those Chinese ink stamp thingies, like this:
> http://www.easytourchina.com/china-specials/images/chinese-seal-2.jpg
You might be on to something here. If so, then apparently it wasn't the first time JL used such a thingy, as in this self-portrait from '68 (which I discovered a few minutes ago):
http://www.artbrokerage.com/artist/John-Lennon/Mind-Games-3656
John dated the work, so it is from '68, but I'm wondering if the work was retro-titled or if it was his first use of the expression "Mind Games."
John L
King Size Johnson
Great. Now we just need someone who can decipher that gibberish.
Chick Pease
WHAT IS THE RED STAMP ON THE PRINTS?
Artists in the Orient sign their works with an individual, patented
stamp known as a chop. John Lennon's (to the left), which is hand-
stamped in red on each edition, was designed by him to read "Like a
Cloud, Beautiful Sound."
Chick Pease
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/8335462/John-Lennons-unseen-art-to-go-on-show.html
Previously unseen drawings by John Lennon are to go on display in a
new exhibition of the Beatle's art work... each picture is stamped
with Lennon's seal featuring Japanese letters which translate: "Like a
cloud, beautiful sound."