The Beatles, Beatles For Sale Album Cover, Hyde Park, 1964
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The Beatles, Beatles For Sale Album Cover, Hyde Park, 1964

Photograph
By Robert Freeman
About the image

The front cover of Beatles for Sale, released in late 1964. The downbeat, somber mood of many of the songs from the album was reflected in the cover, which shows the unsmiling, weary-looking group in an autumn scene photographed at Hyde Park in London. 

"The album cover was rather nice: Robert Freeman's photos. It was easy. We did a session lasting a couple of hours and had some reasonable pictures to use....The photographer would always be able to say to us, 'Just show up,' because we all wore the same kind of gear all the time. Black stuff; white shirts and big black scarves." - Paul McCartney

Freeman is responsible for five consecutive UK album covers during the peak years of "Beatlemania," from 1963 to 1965. His work was featured on With The Beatles, A Hard Days NightBeatles For Sale, Help! and Rubber Soul. He also designed and photographed the covers for John Lennon's two books In His Own Write (Simon & Schuster, 1964) and A Spaniard in the Works (Simon & Schuster, 1965) and the end credit sequences of their two films: A Hard Days Night and Help!.

Release Notes:
Robert Freeman began printing and exhibiting his hand-signed, museum-quality photographs as limited editions in the late-1980s and early-1990s. He numbered his work in small editions, typically limited to 25 pieces (plus 3-5 Artist Proofs), and select pieces were available in 2-3 sizes. Each edition varies. All were sold by the mid-2000s.

Collector's Note:
This photograph is included in the Robert Freeman's Swinging Sixties Collection, Dean Freeman's personal archive of photographs gifted to him by his father, beginning in 1980. Specific details are below, please contact us for pricing and the latest availability.

Size : 11.8 x 15.7 in / 30 x 40 cm
R-Print
Signed, Artist Proof
Gifted to Dean Freeman : 1998-2000

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