The WHO TOMMY Art Print Lithograph AE Ed 153/200 Hand Signed Michael McInnerney

Description

Produced by The WHO and Record Art and distributed by Music Art in the early 90s. Obtained from the original distributor in 2001. Approx 32x22". Based on the original artwork for the album "TOMMY". Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Autographed in pencil by graphic artist Michael McInnerney who designed it. Edition of 200 hand numbered prints.
Art by Michael McInnerney, who said of the design "
I have this memory snapshot, back in '68, sitting in Pete T's kitchen, showing him the finished artwork for the Tommy cover and trying to find a way of bringing God into the cover copy. The Indian word for God is 'Avatar' and, for us, his name was Meher Baba and the cover credit list was where we put him. Somehow, giving God a job description on the album, juxtaposing the ordinary with the extraordinary, seemed appropriate to the project. It was a contrast that wove its way throughout the Opera.The work took two to three months to complete (According to Pete T. - 'Mike worked constantly under a single ordinary lightbulb. He entertained and pontificated from his drawing board at one side of the room, stopping only to eat...Behind him on the wall was a picture of the young, craggy-looking Meher Baba...As an illustrator, he was constantly up against impossible deadlines, and in the case of Tommy, he worked indefatigably to produce the cover art even though the actual album completion was continually delayed by technical and financial problems.'). During that time, I had the feeling that I was working on a special project.
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As Townshend put it - "The poetic mysticism of his work, its simplicity and bleakness, mirrored the music precisely. As ever, Mike's response was explosively positive."