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Written by Matt   
Thursday, 16 January 2025

Blue Girl by Tim Davies - authentication letterBack in 2015, Tim Davies wrote an exclusive piece for our website about his work for Pink Floyd.

The article, which revealed some of the initial ideas under consideration for use on the cover of the Floyd's 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, also talks about how his adaptation of a photo of a girl sitting on the side of a bath ended up on the One Slip cover.

"I took some oil crayons and paint and scribbled over the figure, almost totally covering the figure, but leaving enough to show a rather impressionistic figure which would be perfect for [Blue Matisse, a French pop-group!!

"Feeling pleased with my work I returned to the studio in Goodge Street, London. I spread the images out and Colin seemed very pleased with the results. We planned to show them to the group and their management in the next few days. The next day when I arrived at the studio all the images were gone. Colin told me that Storm [Thorgerson] had come to the studio with one of the musicians from Pink Floyd, possibly David Gilmour who was around a lot then. They saw the sketches and grabbed them for the singles cover image. Colin had told Storm they were for "Blue Matisse", and Storm had replied "Not any more!" I am really proud to this day that a little piece of my art has made it onto a Pink Floyd record cover."

Fast forward to the end of last year, and one of Tim's original artworks for this project (all created in the same sort of way) was discovered in a charity shop in the UK by Leigh Dorling. He contacted Tim, who replied back and kindly authenticated the piece of art. Leigh reached out to us as he felt we'd be interested in this follow-up to the story from 10 years ago. Thanks Leigh, and a very nice find!

Blue Girl by Tim Davies
 
Blue Girl by Tim Davies

Thanks for letting us know, Leigh, and thanks for the pictures of the artwork and the authentication!

 
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