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Poster - Bill Graham Presents Bo Diddley

Bill Graham Presents Bo Diddley

  • Object:

    Poster

  • Place of origin:

    United States, United States (made)

  • Date:

    1970 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Singer, David, born 1941 (artist)
    Graham, Bill, born 1931 - died 1991 (issued by)
    Tea Lautrec Litho (printers)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Colour offset lithograph

  • 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

  • Museum number:

    E.483-2004

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 3G, shelf DR17

  • Image unavailable

David Singer produced 66 posters for Bill Graham and the Fillmore Auditorium (a legendary music venue in San Francisco, California). He was also the last artist to produce an original series for the Fillmore. Singer's designs employ diverse collaged elements, drawn from both photographic and printed sources, to produce fantastic and often surreal scenes.

Physical description

Psychedelic poster advertising a concert for Bo Diddley. The central image features the head and shoulders of a man emerging from a spiral shell which has an eye and of a face collaged onto its surface. This scene is placed within a lunar setting. The event details are printed in yellow stylised letters, above and below this image, on the black background. The text reads, 'Bill Graham Presents in San Francisco, Bo Diddley, Lightning Hopkins, New York Rock Ensemble. Also Beefy Red - Lights by Front Lights. 22-23 October 24-25. Fillmore West. October 21 Two Special Wednesday Shows October 28, An Evening with Pink Floyd Price $3.00 An Evening with Small Faces with Rod Stewart'.

Place of Origin

United States, United States (made)

Date

1970 (made)

Artist/maker

Singer, David, born 1941 (artist)
Graham, Bill, born 1931 - died 1991 (issued by)
Tea Lautrec Litho (printers)

Materials and Techniques

Colour offset lithograph

Marks and inscriptions

'BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO / BO DIDDLEY / LIGHTNING HOPKINS / NEW YORK ROCK ENSEMBLE / ALSO BEEFY RED - LIGHTS BY FRONT LIGHTS / 22-23 OCTOBER 24-25 / FILLMORE WEST / SINGER / OCTOBER 21 TWO SPECIAL WEDNESDAY SHOWS OCTOBER 28 / AN EVENING WITH PINK FLOYD PRICE $3.00 AN EVENING WITH SMALL FACES / WITH ROD STEWART'.
'© BILL GRAHAM 1970 # 253 TICKETS TEA LAUTREC LITHO - SAN FRANCISCO / ALL MACY'S TICKET OUTLETS SAN FRANCISCO - FOX PLAZA BOX OFFICE NINTH & MARKET - CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 261 COLUMBUS AVE / THE TOWN SQUIRE 1318 POLK - OUTSIDE IN 2544 MISSION BERKELEY - DISCOUNT RECORDS - SHAKESPEARE & CO SAUSALITO - THE / TIDES REDWOOD CITY - REDWOOD HOUSE OF MUSIC SAN MATEO - TOWN & COUNTRY RECORDS SAN JOSE - DISCOUNT RECORDS / MENLO PARK - DISCOUNT RECORDS SAN RAFAEL - RECORD KING'

Dimensions

Height: 53.5 cm, Width: 35.5 cm

Descriptive line

"Bill Graham Presents Bo Diddley" psychedelic poster #253 by David Singer, USA, 1970

Materials

Paper; Ink

Subjects depicted

Men; Landscapes; Music; Shells; Busts; Psychedelic art; Eyes; Faces; Sand

Categories

Prints; Advertising; Entertainment & Leisure; Posters

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O127127
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