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Bill Graham Presents Butterfield Blues Band

Poster
1967 (made)
Artist/Maker
MacLean, Bonnie (designer)
Graham, Bill (issued by)
Place of origin
United States (made)

Psychedelic poster advertising a concert for the Butterfield Blues Band. An alien face made up of different components, such as cobwebs for the right eye, and a skull for the mouth, makes up the main feature of the poster, while other motifs such as planets and stars, fill the rest of the space. The event details are written on the creature's body in hand-drawn blue lettering. The text reads, 'Bill Graham Presents in San Francisco, Tues : Sun, July 11-16, Butterfield Blues Band, Roland Kirk Quartet, New Salvation Army Band, Tues-Wed-Thurs- only, Mt. Rushmore, Fri-Sat-Sun- only, At the Fillmore''. The poster is printed in yellow and shades of blue.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleBill Graham Presents Butterfield Blues Band (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Paper
Ink
Lithography
Brief description
'Bill Graham Presents Butterfield Blues Band', psychedelic poster by Bonnie MacLean for Bill Graham, USA, 1967
Physical description
Psychedelic poster advertising a concert for the Butterfield Blues Band. An alien face made up of different components, such as cobwebs for the right eye, and a skull for the mouth, makes up the main feature of the poster, while other motifs such as planets and stars, fill the rest of the space. The event details are written on the creature's body in hand-drawn blue lettering. The text reads, 'Bill Graham Presents in San Francisco, Tues : Sun, July 11-16, Butterfield Blues Band, Roland Kirk Quartet, New Salvation Army Band, Tues-Wed-Thurs- only, Mt. Rushmore, Fri-Sat-Sun- only, At the Fillmore''. The poster is printed in yellow and shades of blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 53.5cm
  • Width: 35.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO / TUES : SUN / JULY 11-16 / BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND / ROLAND KIRK QUARTET,/ NEW SALVATION ARMY BAND * MT. RUSHMORE / TUES-WED-THURS- ONLY - FRI-SAT-SUN- ONLY / AT THE FILLMORE''. (Incorporated into the design of the poster, covering the neck of the creature in the poster, in blue, hand-drawn lettering)
  • TICKETS / SAN FRANCISCO: City Lights Bookstore; S.F. State College (Hut T-1); The Town Squire (1318 Polk); Kelley Galleries (3673 Sacramento) / Wild Colors (1418 Haight); Bally Lo (Union Square); BERKELEY: Discount Records; Shakespeare & Co; SAN MATEO: Town & Country Records; / REDWOOD CITY: . Redwood House of Music; PALO ALTO: Dana Morgan Music; SAN RAPHAEL: Record King; SAUSALITO: The Tides Bookstore.' (Ticket vendors' information, below the main image, dark blue typeface)
  • 'B. MACLEAN © BILL GRAHAM 1967 VEAL STRATFORD + KERR #72' (Artist's name and date and other information, printed at lower right edge of image, as if hand-written, in dark blue letters)
  • 'MARCUS DOUBLEDAY, HARVEY BROOKS, MIKE BLOOMFIELD / NICK GRAVINITES, BARRY GOLDBERG, PETER STRAZZA, BUDDY MILES' (Printed around the edge of the photograph of the band on the shield in black letters)
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
Psychedelic Art
Music
Faces
Aliens
Planets
Stars
Skulls
Other numbers
  • LS.793 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
  • # 72 - Poster number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.420-2004

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Record createdAugust 7, 2006
Record URL
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