Lenny Bruce
Poster
1966 (made)
1966 (made)
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Bill Graham included a wide variety of entertainment in the performances he organised for the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. The venue was named after its street address on the corners of Geary and Fillmore Streets. During the late 1960s and ealry 1970s, the various "Bill Graham presents..." line-ups included musicians, dancers and spectacular psychedelic light shows. This poster advertises a performance by controversial stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce. The show on 25 June was to be Bruce's last, as he died on August 3rd 1966 of a morphine overdose.
Object details
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| Title | Lenny Bruce (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | 'Lenny Bruce' psychedelic poster in purple and orange by Wes Wilson, photo by Edmund Shea. USA, 1966. |
| Physical description | Stylised photographic image of comedian Lenny Bruce (seen in 3/4 profile, from shoulders up). Purple typography on orange ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Bill Graham Presents - In Concert / Lenny Bruce / and / in dance / The / Mothers / Fillmore / Audi- / torium / Admission 2.50 / No minors / Adults only / 9pm / Friday / Saturday / June / 24 . 25 / at geary and fillmore streets........ san francsico. (Text of poster.) |
| 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 |
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| Summary | Bill Graham included a wide variety of entertainment in the performances he organised for the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. The venue was named after its street address on the corners of Geary and Fillmore Streets. During the late 1960s and ealry 1970s, the various "Bill Graham presents..." line-ups included musicians, dancers and spectacular psychedelic light shows. This poster advertises a performance by controversial stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce. The show on 25 June was to be Bruce's last, as he died on August 3rd 1966 of a morphine overdose. |
| Bibliographic reference | Christoph Grunberg, ed. Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era London: Tate, 2005. 239 p. : ill. (some col.) ISBN: 1854375954. |
| Other number | LS.933 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.513-2004 |
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| Record created | November 9, 2004 |
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