The Family Dog presents From New York The Blues Project with the Great Society and Lights and Stuff by Tony Martin

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Artist/Maker	Wilson, Wes (Designers)
Place of origin	San Francisco (Designed) San Francisco (printed)

Psychedelic poster promoting a rock concert with an image of a smoking Native American with top hat with lettering 'May the Baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind' and the Family Dog logo on top left hand corner against a background of the red, white and blue of the American flag

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Categories	Posters Designs
Object type	Poster
Title	The Family Dog presents From New York The Blues Project with the Great Society and Lights and Stuff by Tony Martin (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Lithograph printed in red, blue and black ink on white paper Printing Ink Paper Offset Lithography
Brief description	Wes Wilson. Poster promoting The Blues Project with the Great Society at the Avalon Ballroom 22- 23/04/1966. US
Physical description	Psychedelic poster promoting a rock concert with an image of a smoking Native American with top hat with lettering 'May the Baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind' and the Family Dog logo on top left hand corner against a background of the red, white and blue of the American flag
Dimensions	Height: 51.8cm Width: 35.9cm
Copy number	3rd of 3 editions
Marks and inscriptions	WES WILSON 4.66 (1) Signature; Bottom right of image; Printer's ink; 1966) [Copyright symbol] Family Dog Productions 1725 Washington Street San Francisco (Bottom left hand corner; Printed; printing ink; 1966) No. 5-3 (Bottom right-hand corner; printed; printing ink; 1966)
Credit line	Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Phil Cushway
Object history	Historical significance: One of 160 posters issued by Family Dog, all of which are in the Collection of PDP E.30-E.189-1999
Bibliographic references	King, Eric. The Collector's Guide to Psyhedelic Rock Concert Posters 1965-1973. Vol.1 California: Svaha Press, 1996. 457 pp. ill.pg.21 Grushkin, Paul. The Art of Rock. Ne York: Abbeville Press, 1987. 516pp.ill.pg.504
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.34-1999

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Record created	March 27, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O34420/the-family-dog-presents-from-poster-wilson-wes/

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