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Bill Graham Presents Humble Pie

Poster
1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Psychedelic poster advertising a concert for B. B. King. The poster depicts an interior scene of collaged elements featuring caged and uncaged birds of various types, a female nude figure, in the classical style, holding two babies and sitting on the shoulder of a huge sleeping cat. The poster is printed in black on a background that graduates left to right from yellow through orange to pink. The event details are printed above and below the central image, and reads, 'Bill Graham presents in San Francisco B. B. King, Albert King, Mendelbaum. Lights by Crimson Madness. May 21-22-23-24 Fillmore West'. The word 'West' fits within the 'O' of 'Fillmore'.

There is a little folding at the lower left corner.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBill Graham Presents Humble Pie (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
'Bill Graham Presents B. B. King' psychedelic poster by David Singer and Wilfred Sätty, for Bill Graham, USA, 1970
Physical description
Psychedelic poster advertising a concert for B. B. King. The poster depicts an interior scene of collaged elements featuring caged and uncaged birds of various types, a female nude figure, in the classical style, holding two babies and sitting on the shoulder of a huge sleeping cat. The poster is printed in black on a background that graduates left to right from yellow through orange to pink. The event details are printed above and below the central image, and reads, 'Bill Graham presents in San Francisco B. B. King, Albert King, Mendelbaum. Lights by Crimson Madness. May 21-22-23-24 Fillmore West'. The word 'West' fits within the 'O' of 'Fillmore'.

There is a little folding at the lower left corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 55.4cm
  • Width: 35.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO / B. B. KING / ALBERT KING / MENDELBAUM / LIGHTS BY CRIMSON MADNESS / MAY 21-22-23-24 FILLMORE WEST'. (The event details, above and below the image, written in a stylised black text)
  • 'NOW ON SALE AT MACY'S TICKETS ALL MACY'S TICKET OUTLETS / SAN FRANCISCO - CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 261 COLUMBUS AVE - THE TOWN SQUIRE 1318 POLK ST - OUTSIDE IN 2544 MISSION ST OAKLAND - HOLE IN THE WALL 3345 LAKESHORE AVE / 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 / © BILL GRAHAM 1970 - NO 235 TEA LAUTREC LITHO - SAN FRANCISCO' (Ticket vendors' information, at the bottom of the poster, stylised black typeface)
  • 'SÄTTY - SINGER' (Artists' names, lower right corner below image, black, hand-lettered print)
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
Other numbers
  • LS.898 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
  • # 235 - Poster number
Collection
Accession number
E.490-2004

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Record createdAugust 14, 2006
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