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

John Pasche, 1970

© Musidor B.V

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.

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Title of artwork, date

Original artwork for the Rolling Stones ‘Tongue and Lips Design’ logo, 1970

Date supported

2008

Medium and material

Gouache on paper

Dimensions

56 x 81 cm

Grant

31500

Total cost

62476

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