File:Variant art for the Swans album The Gate.jpg

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Description	This is the album art for the album The Gate by the band Swans.
Author or copyright owner	Michael Gira
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Photograph by author of the CD cover
Date of publication	2015
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	The Gate (Swans album)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s): Similar to the previous fundraising live albums, each CD and LP edition came with a personalized cover art by the band, featuring a cardboard cover drawn by Michael Gira.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	n.a.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Every copy of this album cover has unique art by Michael Gira, frontman of the band. This photo illustrates the significant artistic variations between versions of the CD cover when compared to the main album art photo. As there is already a different version of the album cover in the page's infobox, this image will not be used elsewhere.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	n.a.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:52, 7 January 2017		318 × 312 (20 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	19:24, 9 November 2015	No thumbnail	1,126 × 1,108 (142 KB)	Christiaan.Brown (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free work, as object of commentary using File Upload Wizard

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