Alex Steinweiss

Alex Steinweiss

Alex Steinweiss (né le 24 mars 1917 à Brooklyn, mort le 17 juillet 2011 à Sarasota, Floride) est un graphiste américain. Premier directeur artistique de Columbia Records à partir de 1938, c'est lui qui a introduit l'artwork sur les pochettes des disques vinyles, qui jusqu'alors n'étaient pas décorées.

Bibliographie

  • (en) Jennifer McKnight-Trontz, Alex Steinweiss et Steven Heller, For the Record : The Life and Work of Alex Steinweiss, Inventor of the Album Cover, New York, Princeton Architectural Press, 2000, 209 p. (ISBN 1-56898-224-0) 
  • (en) Kevin Reagan et Steven Heller, Alex Steinweiss : The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover, Taschen, 2009, 402 p. (ISBN 978-3-8365-0843-8) 

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