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Bill Graham Presents Electric Hot Tuna

Poster
1971 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tea Lautrec Litho (designer)
Graham, Bill (issued by)
Place of origin
United States (made)

Psychedelic poster advertising a gig for the bands Electric Hot Tuna and the Allman Brothers. The poster features a naked woman carrying a ring and a cane in the upper section of the poster, and in the lower section a long-haired bearded man wearing a hat and a fringed jacket and playing a pink electric guitar. Other symbols, such as eyeballs, arrows, and a moon and stars, are arranged aroung the central images.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleBill Graham Presents Electric Hot Tuna (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Paper
Ink
Brief description
'Bill Graham Presents Electric Hot Tuna' psychedelic poster by Tea Lautrec Litho for Bill Graham, USA, 1971
Physical description
Psychedelic poster advertising a gig for the bands Electric Hot Tuna and the Allman Brothers. The poster features a naked woman carrying a ring and a cane in the upper section of the poster, and in the lower section a long-haired bearded man wearing a hat and a fringed jacket and playing a pink electric guitar. Other symbols, such as eyeballs, arrows, and a moon and stars, are arranged aroung the central images.
Dimensions
  • Height: 54cm
  • Width: 35.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS IN FRISCO / ELECTRIC HOT TUNA / JACK CASADY JORMA KAUKONEN & FRIENDS / ALLMAN BROTHERS / © BILL GRAHAM - 1971 POSTER #268 / 24 PIECE TRINDAD / TRIPOLI STEEL BAND / LIGHTS LITTE PRINCESS 109 / THURS-SUNDAY FILLMORE WEST JAUARY 28-31.' (Incorported into the design, in orange or yellow stylised lettering)
  • '© COPYRIGHT 1970 BILL GRAHAM NOW ON SALE AT TICKETS ALL MACY'S TICKET OUTLETS / SAN FRANCISCO . FOX PLAZA BOX OFFICE 9TH & MARKET, SUITE 105 . CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE, 261 COLUMBUS AVE. . THE TOWN SQUIRE, 1318 POLK ST. . OUTSIDE IN, 2544 MISSION ST. / . 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 TEA LAUTREC LITHO . SAN FRANCISCO' (Ticket vendors' information, below the main image, yellow typeface)
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
Subjects depicted
Psychedelic Art
Music
Psychedelic
Figures
Women
Nudes
Canes
Men
Guitars
Arrows
Eyes
Moons
Stars
Other numbers
  • LS.844 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
  • # 268 - Poster number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.450-2004

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Record createdJuly 21, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126306/bill-graham-presents-electric-hot-poster-graham-bill/
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