Jefferson Airplane Recording Live
Poster
1968 (made)
1968 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Lee Conklin began designing potsers for the weekly concerts and happenings at the Fillmore, San Francisco, in 1968. His characteristic style developped through combining his detailed hand drawing techniques with the effects of hallucinogenic drug use. In "The Art of the Fillmore", Conklin is quoted saying "I made it my misssion to translate my psychedelic experience onto paper."
Object details
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| Title | Jefferson Airplane Recording Live (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | "Jefferson Airplane Recording Live...Ballet Afro-Haiti" psychedelic concert poster in red, black and tan by Lee Conklin. USA, 1968. |
| Physical description | Airplane flying through psychedelic lettering. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lee Conklin © 1968 Bill Graham #142 |
| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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| Summary | Lee Conklin began designing potsers for the weekly concerts and happenings at the Fillmore, San Francisco, in 1968. His characteristic style developped through combining his detailed hand drawing techniques with the effects of hallucinogenic drug use. In "The Art of the Fillmore", Conklin is quoted saying "I made it my misssion to translate my psychedelic experience onto paper." |
| Other number | LS.721 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.383-2004 |
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| Record created | November 5, 2004 |
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