Although it looks like a painting, this record cover art for Thelonious Monk's amazing album Underground was not painted but photographed. The photograph was created by Steve Horn & Norman Griner and was shot at their studio, located in a townhouse off Third Avenue in New York City.

The cover features Thelonious Monk portrayed as a French Resistance fighter during World War II, a concept inspired by his friend and patroness, Pannonica de Koenigswarter, who had served in the resistance and appear to be in the background. The set was built and furnished for the photo shoot, and the final image includes props such as a gagged Nazi officer, a cow, hand grenades, liquors or wine bottles, a telephone, binoculars, fruits and cheese, explosives and a more for you to find here.

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