Journey to Love: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Record cover features Stanley Clarke sitting in a chair at the lower center of the image. He is seated in an alcove of a dark room and wears a light blue collared shirt. Clarke sits positioned with his PL side facing the viewer with his legs crossed and arms folded in his lap. Behind him are two (2) sets of open curtains. At the top of the cover, centered, is white text featuring the artist and album title [STANLEY CLARKE/JOURNEY OT LOVE]. On the reverse, is a large close-up image of Clarke covering the entire back cover. Along the top third are four (4) columns of text with the track listing, production information, and assisting musicians. There is additional text in the lower corners.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1975
• Recorded by: Stanley Clarke, American, born 1951
• Produced by: Nemperor Records, American, founded 1966
• Distributed by: Atlantic Records, American, founded 1947
• Photograph by: Steinbicker/Houghton, American, 1965 - 1979
• Type: record covers
• Type: long-playing records
• Medium: ink on cardboard and glue
• Dimensions: 12 7/16 x 12 3/8 x 1/8 in. (31.6 x 31.4 x 0.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Object number: 2013.160.4b
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Stanley Clarke
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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