Bill Graham Presents The Who, Santana
Poster
1969 (made)
1969 (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 Who, Santana (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | "Bill Graham Presents The Who and Santana" psychedelic poster #178 by David Singer, USA, 1969 |
| Physical description | Psychedelic poster advertising a concert by The Who and Santana. The central image, which is a photomontage, features a Classical sculpture of a Venus with her arms missing, set against a desert-like landscape. On the horizon is a large and ornate archway which dwarfs a horse in the middle distance. Above the image, which is framed in a black border, the text reads, 'Bill Graham Presents In San Francisco Fillmore West' and below the image, 'The Who, Woody Herman and his Orchestra, A. R. Skhy, Tues - Wed - Thurs - June 17-18-19, Lights Brotherhood of Light. Santana, The Impressions, Ike and Tina Turner, Blues Image, Fri - Sat - Sun - June 20-21-22. Lights Little Princess 109. |
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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.452-2004 |
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| Record created | October 19, 2006 |
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