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6 Days of Sound

Poster
1967 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster advertising concert. Image of a woman with blue and purple hair and robe holding mistletoe and a CND sign. Text describing the bands, venues and dates is above and below this image in red and pink.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title6 Days of Sound (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
"6 Days of Sound" psychedelic poster #99 by Bonnie MacLean. USA, 1967.
Physical description
Poster advertising concert. Image of a woman with blue and purple hair and robe holding mistletoe and a CND sign. Text describing the bands, venues and dates is above and below this image in red and pink.
Dimensions
  • Height: 53.5cm
  • Width: 35.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • #99
  • Bill Graham Presents in San Francsico / 6 Days of Sound / Dec 26 New Years Eve / The Doors / Chuck / Berry / Salvation / Dec 26 27 28 / Lights by Holysee / Dec 29 30 / Chuck / Berry / Big Brother / and the Holding Co. / Quicksilver / Messenger Services / Lights by Glenn McKay's Headlights / The Fillmore scene / at Winterland / Plus New Year's Jefferson Airplane / Big Brother and the Holdng Co. Quicksilver / Messenger Service and Freedom HIghway 9pm 9am. (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
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
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.802 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.427-2004

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Record createdFebruary 2, 2005
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