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Artist: Peter Saville & Chris Mathan
Client: Joy Division
Year: 1979
The front cover image comes from an edition of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy, and was originally drawn with black lines on a white background. It presents successive pulses from the first pulsar discovered, PSR B1919+21—often referred to in the context of this album by its older name, CP 1919.
PSR B1919+21 is a pulsar with a period of 1.3373 seconds and a pulse width of 0.04 second. It is notable for being the first radio pulsar ever discovered (in July 1967 by Jocelyn Bell Burnell). Its original designation was CP 1919 and it is also known as PSR J1921+2153. It is located in the constellation of Vulpecula. – (various sources)
For more from Mr. Saville, view below and go here.
Unknown Pleasures
Iris print, 2003
89 x 118cm
Unknown Pleasure
Chemical wood, polyurethane paint, 2003
32 x 32 x 14cm
Unknown Pleasure, Telegrey
Chemical wood, polyurethane paint, 2003
32 x 32 x 14cm
Unknown Pleasure, Hot Pink
Chemical wood, polyurethane paint, 2006
32 x 32 x 14cm
