Bill Graham Presents The Original Moby Grape
Poster
1971 (made)
1971 (made)
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David Singer produced 66 posters for Bill Graham and the Fillmore Auditorium (a legendary music venue in San Francisco, California). He was also the last artist to produce an original series for the Fillmore. Singer's designs employ diverse collaged elements, drawn from both photographic and printed sources, to produce fantastic and often surreal scenes.
Object details
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| Title | Bill Graham Presents The Original Moby Grape (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | "Bill Graham Presents The Original Moby Grape" psychedelic poster #286 by David Singer, USA, 1971 |
| Physical description | Psychedelic poster advertising a concert for Moby Grape. The central image fills most of the poster and features three classical figures, a two females and one male nude, in an Egyptian setting, with a river and palm trees, printed in blue on grey. The entire image is framed by a white border, and a red border which contains information relating to the ticket vendors. Most of the event details are printed in red stylised letters, overlaid onto the image. The text reads, 'Bill Graham Presents in San Francisco, The Original Moby Grape, Spencer Davis, and Peter Jameson. Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids. Lights - Images. June 24-27 Fillmore West'. |
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| 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 | David Singer produced 66 posters for Bill Graham and the Fillmore Auditorium (a legendary music venue in San Francisco, California). He was also the last artist to produce an original series for the Fillmore. Singer's designs employ diverse collaged elements, drawn from both photographic and printed sources, to produce fantastic and often surreal scenes. |
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| Accession number | E.489-2004 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2006 |
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