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Apache

Poster
1967 (Designed and printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The Victoria and Albert Museum has the largest collection of psychedelic posters among national museums in the UK, with examples both from America and Europe. This poster was issued by the Family Dog Collective, who ran one of the two leading rock venues in America in the 1960s and belongs to a set that was designed by many of the best poster artists of the period, with particularly innovative lettering and psychedelic imagery.


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Object type
TitleApache (assigned by artist)
Brief description
Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse. Poster for "Apache" Van Morrison, Daily Flash. 1601 West Evans Street, Denver. 10/13-14/67
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Credit line
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Phil Cushway
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Summary
The Victoria and Albert Museum has the largest collection of psychedelic posters among national museums in the UK, with examples both from America and Europe. This poster was issued by the Family Dog Collective, who ran one of the two leading rock venues in America in the 1960s and belongs to a set that was designed by many of the best poster artists of the period, with particularly innovative lettering and psychedelic imagery.
Collection
Accession number
E.179-1999

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Record createdFebruary 27, 2009
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