Poster
1967 (made)
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Poster in orange, blue and pink on a white background. Image of Buster Keaton dressed as a Roman, his clothes gripped by another man.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | "Busted" psychedelic poster by Mouse Studios (Stanley "Mouse" Miller and Alton Kelley). USA, 1967. |
| Physical description | Poster in orange, blue and pink on a white background. Image of Buster Keaton dressed as a Roman, his clothes gripped by another man. |
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| Content description | Before Bill Graham promoted concerts at the Fillmore, he was the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s manager. His 1965 benefit for the Troupe, at which Jefferson Airplane played, raised $4,000 and proved concerts were profitable, so Graham leased the Fillmore Auditorium. This poster is for another benefit organised by Graham after members of the Troupe were busted for possession of marijuana seed in Canada, in order to cover their legal costs. |
| Marks and inscriptions | Busted / SF / Mime Troupe / Benefit / Wednesday April 12 / Jefferson Airplane / Grateful Dead / Quicksilver Messenger Service / Moby Grape / Andrew Staples / Loading Zone / Fillmore Auditorium / 8-2am (Text of poster.) |
| 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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| Bibliographic reference | Christoph Grunberg, ed. Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era London: Tate, 2005. 239 p. : ill. (some col.) ISBN: 1854375954. |
| Other number | LS.781 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.410-2004 |
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| Record created | January 27, 2005 |
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