11" x 11" image with 1" hand-painted border (13" x 13" finished print), printed on 380g, matte-finished fine artist's canvas and coated with a UV protective varnish.
Open edition, with each digital print featuring embellishments hand-applied by the artist, Howie Green, making each one a unique work-of-art.
Unmatted/unframed - Comes with Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist. Larger sizes (24" square and 30" square), stretched and mounted and ready-to-hang, are also available as special orders.
One of the band's most-successful releases, Animals was released in early 1977 and,
at the height of hits popularity, hit #3 and #2, respectfully, in the U.S. and
U.K. album charts. A "concept record" penned mostly by Roger Waters
(with the exception of the nearly side-long "Dogs", which was jointly
written by guitarist David Gilmour), it has sold steadily since its release,
with over 4 million copies bought by fans worldwide. The animal-themed imagery
produced in support the record included what is perhaps their best-known icon
(conceived by Roger Waters) - The Pink Floyd Pig.
According to designer Storm Thorgerson, the 35-foot-long,
helium-filled pig was strung between two towers of the Battersea Power Station
on the river Thames. During the second day of shooting (Dec. 3, 1976 - a day
that will live in album cover infamy), the pig broke free of its mooring ropes and
sailed away into the flight path of airplanes landing at Heathrow Airport.
Tracked by the RAF and radar, the pig finally touched down in a field and,
after minor repairs, the pig was returned to active duty, with the final image
being composed from the images shot by a number of participating photographers.
Since then, the pig has made a number of appearances during Pink Floyd concerts
and on other recordings, including The
Wall and Echoes: The Best of Pink
Floyd.
Drummer Nick Mason added touches of his own artistry to the Animals package as he supplied the
handwriting used for the lyrics included on the record's inner sleeve and the
lettering on the illustrated record labels.
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