“The “white” album . . . was the ultimate . . . “art” album sleeve, minimalist in its plain white with “The Beatles” embossed subtly, and conceptual in that the Beatles decided that the first two million copies should bear individual “edition” numbers.

Inside the sleeve, however, there was ample concession to a more representational approach, with the inclusion of four colour photographs and a collage composition by Richard Hamilton.”

—Mike Evans, from The Art of the Beatles, 1984.