Jascha Heifetz – Showpieces album art

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.


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This album with interpretations of romantic music by Vilnius-born violinst Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987) was released by RCA Red Seal in 1971. It features the light weight of Caruso Roxy, in all caps and with white dots on the I’s.

“The violinist of the century” is set in a wide style from the Sacramento series, in contoured caps. The names of the tracks are in some Helvetica-like substance with a non-standard a. Since the other two fonts are Photo-Lettering exclusives, it stands to reason that their phototype adaptation included such an alternate.

The illustration is by Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003) who is known for hiding the name of his daughter, Nina, in most of the drawings he produced after her birth. Zoom in to spot it.

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