Bill Graham Presents Chicago
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 Chicago (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | "Bill Graham Presents Chicago" psychedelic poster #225 by David Singer, USA, 1970 |
| Physical description | Psychedelic poster advertising a concert by Chicago. The central image features a human skeleton, in profile and in mid step, reaching up towards (or releasing) a group of white birds, all set against a saturated blue ground. Above and to the left of this figure is the text, 'Bill Graham Presents In San Francisco Chicago, James Cotton Blues Band, Family, Fritz' and at the bottom of the poster, 'Lights by Brotherhood of light. 26-29 March 27-29 Fillmore West - 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.469-2004 |
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| Record created | November 1, 2006 |
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