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Bill Graham Presents Spirit

Poster
1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tea Lautrec Litho (printers)
Singer, David (artist)
Graham, Bill (issued by)
Place of origin
United States (made)

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
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleBill Graham Presents Spirit (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Paper
Ink
Brief description
"Bill Graham Presents Spirit" psychedelic poster #233 by David Singer, USA, 1970
Physical description
Psychedelic poster advertising a concert for the rock-blues band, Spirit. The central image of a white kitten balanced on its hind legs, with a blue globe at its navel, is overlaid onto a fluorescent pink background. The text reads, 'Bill Graham Presents in San Francisco, Spirit, Poco, Gypsy. Lights by Little Princess 109, Fillmore West 14-15 May 16-17'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 53.5cm
  • Width: 35.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO / SPIRIT / POCO / GYPSY / LIGHTS BY LITTLE PRINCESS 109 / FILLMORE WEST / 14-15 MAY 16-17'. (Event and venue details, printed above and below the image, in stylised dark-blue letters)
  • 'SINGER / 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 - / © BILL GRAHAM 1970- No 233 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
Psychedelic Art
Music
Kittens
Globes
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.877 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
  • # 233 - Poster number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.475-2004

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Record createdSeptember 14, 2006
Record URL
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