Artwork The cover art features a skull inside a dismembered Earth and is an adaptation of a 30 x 40 cm (12" x 16") watercolor, also named Oxygène, by the French painter Michel Granger. A picture of the painting was first published in 1972 in the magazine Pilote, and in 1976 the artwork was displayed at the Marquet Gallery, in rue Bonaparte in Paris. Jean-Michel visited this gallery and bought it, then Granger received a phone call from the gallery director to inform him that Jarre wanted to see him in person. On 15 September 1976, Jarre met with Granger so that he could modify the background of the watercolor and adapt it to the square shape of an LP record.
Artwork The cover art features a skull inside a dismembered Earth and is an adaptation of a 30 x 40 cm (12" x 16") watercolor also named Oxygène by the French painter Michel Granger A picture of the painting was first published in 1972 in the magazine Pilote and in 1976 the artwork was displayed at the Marquet Gallery in rue Bonaparte in Paris Jean-Michel visited this gallery and bought it then Granger received a phone call from the gallery director to inform him that Jarre wanted to see him in person On 15 September 1976 Jarre met with Granger so that he could modify the background of the watercolor and adapt it to the square shape of an LP record