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Sphinx Dance

Poster
1967 (made)
Artist/Maker
Family Dog Productions (issued by)
Moscoso, Victor (designer)
Place of origin
United States (made)

'Sphinx Dance', psychedelic poster advertising a concert by The Miller Blues Band. The design features the face of a sphinx printed in blue and pink on orange. The event details are printed in its collar, while the title is printed above the image all in blue letters, 'Sphinx Dance, Feb 10-11 Fri Sat, Miller Blues Band - Lee Michaels, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy - Avalon Ballroom. Lights: Van Meier & Hillyard, Sutter at Vanness - San Francisco'. The Family Dog logo is printed in orange and white between the creature's clawed feet.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleSphinx Dance (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Paper
Ink
Brief description
'Sphinx Dance' psychedelic poster by Victor Moscoso for Family Dog Productions, USA, 1967
Physical description
'Sphinx Dance', psychedelic poster advertising a concert by The Miller Blues Band. The design features the face of a sphinx printed in blue and pink on orange. The event details are printed in its collar, while the title is printed above the image all in blue letters, 'Sphinx Dance, Feb 10-11 Fri Sat, Miller Blues Band - Lee Michaels, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy - Avalon Ballroom. Lights: Van Meier & Hillyard, Sutter at Vanness - San Francisco'. The Family Dog logo is printed in orange and white between the creature's clawed feet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.3cm
  • Width: 36cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SPHINX DANCE / FEB / 10-11 / FRI SAT / MILLER BLUES BAND - LEE MICHAELS / THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY - AVALON BALLROOM / LIGHTS: VAN MEIER & HILLYARD / SUTTER AT VANNESS - SAN FRANCISCO'. (Event details, printed around the edge of the poster, blue on pink, except for the street address and telephone number, which is printed in a smaller pink font on the venue's name (Matrix).)
  • 'TICKET OUTLETS / SAUSALITO: TIDES BOOK STORE BERKELEY: MOE'S BOOKS, DISCOUNT RECORDS MENLO PARK: KEPLER'S BOOK STORE SAN MATEO: / TOUN AND COUNTRY MUSIC CENTER SAN FRANCISCO: THE PSYCHEDELIC SHOP, CITY LIGHTS BOOKS, BALLY LO, SANDAL MAKER (NORTH / BEACH), HUT T-1 STATE COLLEGE, KELLY GALLERIES (3681-A SACRAMENTO ST), THE TOWN SQUIRE (1318 POLK ST) / 1967 © FAMILY DOG PRODUCTIONS 639 GOUGH ST., San Francisco, Calif.94012' (Ticket vendors, below image, white lettering)
  • 'Moscoso' (Artist's name, lower right corner, blue on orange)
  • 'No.47-1' (Lower left corner, black letters, poster number)
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
Sphinx
Other numbers
  • LS.823 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
  • No. 47-1 - Poster number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.436-2004

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Record createdAugust 2, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126755/sphinx-dance-poster-moscoso-victor/
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