Bill Graham Presents BB King, Country Joe and the Fish
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 BB King, Country Joe and the Fish (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | "Bill Graham Presents B.B. King and Country Joe and the Fish" psychedelic poster #182 by David Singer, USA, 1969 |
| Physical description | Psychedelic poster advertising concerts by B.B. King and Country Joe and the Fish. The central image, which is a photomontage, features a Native American, in an arid and barren landscape, submerged to his waist in a stream, his arms stretched upwards towards a stormy sunset. A bolt of lightning shoots across the sky, silhouetting the oversized form of a cactus. Above the image, which is framed in a olive green border, the text reads, 'Bill Graham Presents In San Francisco Fillmore West' and below the image, 'B.B. King, Elvin Bishop Group, Love Sculpture From England, Tues - Wed - Thurs - July 15 - 16 - 17, Lights by Holy See. Country Joe & the Fish, Joe Cocker & The Grease Band, Country Weather, Fri - Sat - Sun - July 18 - 19 - 20. Lights by Anathema. |
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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.454-2004 |
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| Record created | October 25, 2006 |
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