Anthony Samuel Lane (May 2, 1944 – January 1, 2016) began his career as an assistant to
Alexey Brodovitch
Alexey Vyacheslavovich Brodovitch (also Brodovich; be, Аляксей Брадовіч, russian: Алексе́й Вячесла́вович Бродо́вич; 1898 – April 15, 1971) was a Russian-born American photographer, designer ...
at
Harper's Bazaar, and became an early art director for Rolling Stone magazine. He was the designer of iconic album covers for Simon & Garfunkel (''Bridge Over Troubled Water''), Michael Jackson (''Bad''), and Creedence Clearwater Revival (''Mardi Gras''). His cover for Carly Simon's ''Boys in the Trees'' earned him a Grammy Award. He provided art direction for major record labels Columbia, Fantasy and Elektra, and developed branding for Pacific Telesis, LaCroix Sparkling Water, Wrangler and Kia. For two issues he was art director of
Gnosis magazine.
Lane died of
brain cancer on
New Year's Day, 2016 in
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
.
References
American graphic designers
1944 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from brain cancer in the United States
Deaths from cancer in California
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