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Chambers Brothers and Iron Butterfly at the Avalon Ballroom

Poster
1967 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Offset lithograph poster advertising a concert by The Chambers Brothers & Iron Butterfly; Friday 28th and Saturday 29th April, at the Avalon Ballroom, Sutter & Van Ness, San Francisco. A vividly coloured poster with two fans of text in blue on pink, with two smaller fans below right & left, with a photo image of a painting of two young women, one holding the Family Dog logo, in blue & yellow, on a deep pink ground, with yellow & blue borders.


Object details

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TitleChambers Brothers and Iron Butterfly at the Avalon Ballroom
Materials and techniques
Offset lithography
Brief description
Offset lithograph poster advertising a concert by The Chambers Brothers & Iron Butterfly at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco. A vividly coloured poster featuring fans of text in blue on pink and a photo image of a painting of two young women. Published by Family Dog Productions. San Francisco. 1967.
Physical description
Offset lithograph poster advertising a concert by The Chambers Brothers & Iron Butterfly; Friday 28th and Saturday 29th April, at the Avalon Ballroom, Sutter & Van Ness, San Francisco. A vividly coloured poster with two fans of text in blue on pink, with two smaller fans below right & left, with a photo image of a painting of two young women, one holding the Family Dog logo, in blue & yellow, on a deep pink ground, with yellow & blue borders.
Dimensions
  • Approx height: 51.4cm
  • Approx width: 35.5cm
Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Object history
The designer has modelled his main lettering on jungendstil typeface known as sezession which was first used in about 1902.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection
Accession number
E.731-1970

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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