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Bill Graham Presents Big Brother and the Holding Company

Poster
1967 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Psychedelic poster advertising a concert for Big Brother and the Holding Company and Pink Floyd. The event details are incorporated into the poster's design which is printed in dark purple-pink, a pale brown-yellow, and black and white, and features three women surrounded by Gothic arches. The lettering, which is printed in purple, is hand-drawn and arranged in the spaces between the arches, reads, 'Bill Graham presents in San Francisco Big Brother and the Holding Company, Richie Havens, Pink Floyd, Nov. 2-3-4 Fillmore, Thurs, Fri: Sat. Winterland, Lights by Glenn McKay's Head Lights'. Other motifs, which include ghostly faces and an eagle, fill other areas, and the overall imagery evokes a Medieval ambience.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBill Graham Presents Big Brother and the Holding Company (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
'Bill Graham Presents Big Brother and the Holding Company' psychedelic poster by Bonnie MacLean for Bill Graham, USA, 1967
Physical description
Psychedelic poster advertising a concert for Big Brother and the Holding Company and Pink Floyd. The event details are incorporated into the poster's design which is printed in dark purple-pink, a pale brown-yellow, and black and white, and features three women surrounded by Gothic arches. The lettering, which is printed in purple, is hand-drawn and arranged in the spaces between the arches, reads, 'Bill Graham presents in San Francisco Big Brother and the Holding Company, Richie Havens, Pink Floyd, Nov. 2-3-4 Fillmore, Thurs, Fri: Sat. Winterland, Lights by Glenn McKay's Head Lights'. Other motifs, which include ghostly faces and an eagle, fill other areas, and the overall imagery evokes a Medieval ambience.
Dimensions
  • Height: 54.8cm
  • Width: 35.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO / BIG BROTHER / AND THE / HOLDING / COMPANY / RICHIE / HAVENS / PINK / FLOYD / NOV. 2-3-4 FILLMORE / THURS / FRI: SAT. / WINTERLAND / LIGHTS / BY GLENN / MCKAY'S / HEAD / LIGHTS' (Incorporated into the poster design, arranged in the spaces between the Gothic Arches, in purple, 'hand-drawn' lettering)
  • TICKETS / SAN FRANCISCO: City Lights Bookstore; S.F. State College (Hut T-1); The Town Squire, (1318 POLK); Wild Colours (1418 Haight); / Bally Lo (Union Square); HAYWARD: Matsuri; BERKELEY: Discount Records ; Shakespeare & Co; SAN MATEO: . Town & Country Records; / . REDWOOD CITY: Redwood House Of Music; PALO ALTO: Dana Morgan Music; b>SAN RAFAEL: Record King; SAUSALITO: The Tides.’ (Ticket vendors' information, below the main image, black typeface, in dark purple border)
  • 'B. MACLEAN ©1967 Bill Graham #91' (Artist, promoter and poster information, printed in inner purple border, in black 'hand-written' lettering, in lower right-hand corner)
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.797 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
  • # 91 - Poster number
Collection
Accession number
E.423-2004

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Record createdAugust 7, 2006
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