Lucky find at auction identifies man on cover of of 'Led Zeppelin IV'

 

 

"On Nov. 8, 1971, Led Zeppelin released its iconic fourth studio album, which was untitled but is widely known as Led Zeppelin IV. It features the band's major hit Stairway to Heaven, and the wordless cover shows the image of a bearded, older man with a large bundle of sticks on his back against the backdrop of a decaying wall.

Now, 52 years later to the day, a minor mystery about that cover has been solved."

read report by Claire Moses  

Lucky find at auction identifies man on cover of of 'Led Zeppelin IV'