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Bill Graham Presents Sha-na-na

Poster
1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
TitleBill Graham Presents Sha-na-na (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
"Bill Graham Presents Sha-Na-Na" psychedelic poster #240 by David Singer, USA, 1970
Physical description
Psychedelic poster advertising a concert for Sha-na-na. The central image is a photographic collage, featuring a number of elements, including a rocky landscape, a man on a horse, a goldfish in its bowl, and the moon superimposed onto a cliff. The scene is printed in black and white and is set to the left of the poster, within a silver-grey border. The event details, printed in black, stylised letters, are arranged around the border, above, below and to the right of the image. The text reads, 'Bill Graham Presents in San Francisco, Sha-na-na & Pacific Gas Electric, Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks. Lights by Abercrombie. June 25-26-27-28 - special mid-week show Traffic, Leon Russell, Brotherhood of Light. June 30 July 1-2. Fillmore West'.

There is a small amount of creasing and some surface damage to the upper left corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 54.2cm
  • Width: 35.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO / SHA-NA-NA / & PACIFIC GAS ELECTRIC / DAN HICKS / & HIS HOT LICKS / LIGHTS BY ABERCROMBIE / JUNE / 25-26-27-28 / - / SPECIAL / MID-WEEK SHOW / TRAFFIC / LEON RUSSELL / BROTHERHOOD OF LIGHT / JUNE 30 / JULY 1-2 / FILLMORE WEST / -SINGER-'. (Event and venue details, printed in the border, around the edges of the image, in black, stylised letters. Also artist's name, printed under the 'M' of 'FILLMORE')
  • 'NOW ON SALE AT MACY'S TICKETS ALL MACY'S 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 - / © BILL GRAHAM 1970- No 240 DISCOUNT RECORDS MENLO PARK - DISCOUNT RECORDS SAN RAFAEL - RECORD KING TEA LAUTREC LITHO - SAN FRANCISCO' (Ticket vendors and printing information, at bottom of poster, printed in stylised, black letters.)
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
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.
Other numbers
  • LS.883 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
  • # 240 - Poster number
Collection
Accession number
E.480-2004

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Record createdAugust 15, 2006
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