Bill Graham Presents Ten Years After, Steve Miller Band
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 Ten Years After, Steve Miller Band (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | "Bill Graham Presents Ten Years After and the Steve Miller Band" psychedelic poster #183 by David Singer, USA, 1969 |
| Physical description | Psychedelic poster advertising concerts by Ten Years Later and The Steve Miller Band. The central image, a photomontage, features a blue cloth enveloping architectural columns through which can be seen a view of United States Capitol. In front of the colums is the sculpture of Christ the Redemer from Rio De Janero. Above the image, which is framed in a silver border, the text reads, 'Bill Graham Presents In San Francisco Fillmore West' and below the image, 'Ten Years After, Ike and Tina Turner, Flock, Tues - Wed - Thurs - July 22 - 23 - 24, Brotherhood Of Light. Steve Miller Band, Albert King, The Mountain, Fri - Sat - Sun - July 25 - 26 - 27. 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.455-2004 |
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| Record created | October 25, 2006 |
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