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Bill Graham Presents Van Morrison

Poster
1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Psychedelic poster advertising a concert for Van Morrison. The poster features a four-piece band playing brass instruments and a drum, and with a black cat and a yellow duck, in a desert-like landscape. This central image is framed by the name of the artist, 'Van Morrison', and closely grouped red roses, while other motifs such as light bulbs also appear. The whole design sits within a black frame with the promoter's and other bands' details and the rest of the space at the bottom of the poster is filled with event details. The lettering reads, 'Bill Graham presents in San Francisco Van Morrison, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, The Terry Hahn Brotherhood, Thursday - Sunday October 8-9-10-11, Lights by Anathema #251 © Bill Graham Norman Orr'. The lettering is highly stylised, and the poster is printed in black, yellow and red.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBill Graham Presents Van Morrison (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
'Bill Graham Presents Van Morrison' psychedelic poster by Norman Orr for Bill Graham, USA, 1970
Physical description
Psychedelic poster advertising a concert for Van Morrison. The poster features a four-piece band playing brass instruments and a drum, and with a black cat and a yellow duck, in a desert-like landscape. This central image is framed by the name of the artist, 'Van Morrison', and closely grouped red roses, while other motifs such as light bulbs also appear. The whole design sits within a black frame with the promoter's and other bands' details and the rest of the space at the bottom of the poster is filled with event details. The lettering reads, 'Bill Graham presents in San Francisco Van Morrison, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, The Terry Hahn Brotherhood, Thursday - Sunday October 8-9-10-11, Lights by Anathema #251 © Bill Graham Norman Orr'. The lettering is highly stylised, and the poster is printed in black, yellow and red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 53.8cm
  • Width: 35.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO / VAN MORRISON / CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND THE MAGIC BAND / The Terry Hahn Brotherhood / Thursday - Sunday October 8-9-10-11 / LIGHTS BY ANATHEMA #251 © BILL GRAHAM NORMAN ORR' (Forms the main design of the poster, in red and grey stylised lettering)
  • 'NOW ON SALE AT TICKETS ALL MACY'S TICKET OUTLETS / SAN FRANCISCO . FOX PLAZA BOX OFFICE 9TH & MARKET, SUITE 105 . CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE, 261 COLUMBUS AVE. . THE TOWN SQUIRE, 1318 POLK ST. . OUTSIDE IN, 2544 MISSION ST. OAKLAND . / BERKELEY . DISCOUNT RECORDS . SHAKESPEARE & CO. . SAUSALITO . THE TIDES . REDWOOD CITY . REDWOOD HOUSE OF MUSIC . SAN MATEO . TOWN & COUNTRY RECORDS . SAN JOSE . DISCOUNT / © BILL GRAHAM 1970 . No. RECORDS . MENLO PARK . DISCOUNT RECORDS . SAN RAFAEL . RECORD KING TEA LAUTREC LITHO . SAN FRANCISCO' (Ticket vendors' information, below the main image, black typeface)
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
Other numbers
  • LS.838 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
  • # 251 - Poster number
Collection
Accession number
E.445-2004

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Record createdAugust 2, 2006
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