A stunning, high quality lithograph of artist H.R. Giger’s iconic album cover for Debbie Harry’s KooKoo, hand signed by Giger and numbered by him as an artist’s proof, HP 7/20.

This was published as part of a portfolio by Record Art of New York, circa 1990, in an edition of 200 plus 20 artist proofs. An example of this print is part of the collection of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.

34” x 21 1/2”, printed on Quintessence 100lb dull cover acid free paper.

In Mint condition.

From Wikipedia: The cover art for the album was created by Swiss artist H.R. Giger, known for his design work on the 1979 sci-fi/horror film Alien. Based on a photograph of Harry taken by the renowned photographer Brian Aris, Giger created several variations of the cover (another of which is seen on the album’s inner sleeve) in what Harry described as a combination of punk, acupuncture and sci-fi. Although the lyrics to the track “Oasis” include the word “kookoo” (meaning “crazy”), Harry stated that the album title came to her after she saw Giger’s completed work, and although she had misgivings about the conceptual ideas behind the artwork (as she did not identify either the album or herself as “punk”), she was suitably impressed to use it anyway.

For the promotion of KooKoo, Chrysalis Records planned to display large posters of the album cover in various stations of the London Underground. However, officials deemed the image of Harry with metal skewers going through her face and neck to be too disturbing. A television ad campaign went ahead, however.