Bill Graham Presents Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Poster
1970 (made)
1970 (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 Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | "Bill Graham Presents Joe Cocker" psychedelic poster #229 by David Singer, USA, 1970 |
| Physical description | Psychedelic poster advertising a concert by Joe Cocker. The central image features a photographic image of Mount Rushmore set against a series of pictures of a nude, walking woman. Black and white photographic images of hummingbirds, a leaping cat, an egg hatching and two orang-utans are photomontaged across the surface. The text, which sits in the yellow border, reads, 'Bill Graham Presents in San Francisco, Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Van Morrison, the Stonemans. Lights by Dry Paint Thurs 23 April 26 Sun, Fillmore West, Brotherhood of Light, Fri 24 April 25 Sat, Winterland' |
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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.472-2004 |
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| Record created | September 14, 2006 |
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