The "swinging sixties" in London had its dark side, as suggested by Hamilton’s play on the word swinge (to thrash or punish). This composition captures the contemporary media frenzy surrounding the Rolling Stones and the drug-fueled lifestyle with which such rock stars were associated. Robert Brownjohn, a keen pop music and jazz aficionado, was close friends with Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, for whom he designed the memorable album cover for Let it Bleed, released in December 1969—five years after Goldfinger. Brownjohn spent the 1960s at the epicenter of this vibrant London scene before fatally succumbing to his long-term heroin and alcohol addiction in 1970.

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Goldfinger: The Design of an Iconic Film Title, October 5, 2012–March 18, 2013.

Medium Photolithograph
Dimensions (irreg.) composition 27 3/16 x 18 3/4" (69 x 47.6 cm) sheet 27 11/16 x 19 3/4" (70 x 50.1 cm)
Publisher ED.912 Edizioni di Cultura Contemporanea
Printer Richard Hamilton, Sergio Tosi Stampatore, Milan
Edition 50 signed
Credit John R. Jakobson Foundation Fund
Object number 287.1969
Department Drawings and Prints

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