Original artwork for the Rolling Stones ‘Tongue and Lips Design' logo

John Pasche (born 1945)

V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1970

This iconic artwork for the Rolling Stones' logo provides a key link between pop art, design, popular music, performance and British culture at the end of the 1960s – arguably the most innovative decade in UK for graphic design and pop music. Its pop art-derived simplicity combined with its overt anti-authoritarianism has meant that it has been copied, reworked and parodied in countless ways. The use of sensuous Jagger-like lips and the anti-authoritarian tongue matched the identity of the Rolling Stones perfectly. However, the origin of the design was a picture of the Indian Goddess Kali. This work greatly enhances the rock and pop section of the V&A's Performance Collection.

• Medium: gouache on paper
• Dimensions: 56 x 81cm
• Art Fund Grant: £31500 ( Total: £62,476)
• ArtFunded in: 2008
• Vendor: Mastro Live Auctions

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