Moby Grape
Poster
1967 (printed)
1967 (printed)
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Offset lithograph poster advertising a concert featuring Moby Grape and The Charlatans, at the Avalon Ballroom, Van Ness & Sutter, San Francisco, 24th and 25th February.
Printed as a blue ground, with yellow fish and top background, with blue text, waves of pink on top of sea. Blue & yellow line border, with pink outline border. The design features two figures; a male figure representing the sea god Neptune, holding a large fish with the text Neptunes Notion on its side, with an attendant in the foreground. At the lower edge of the sheet, some 13 ticket outlets are listed in a more legible type-face. The Family Dog crest is in the lower-right corner of the design, all in pink.
Printed as a blue ground, with yellow fish and top background, with blue text, waves of pink on top of sea. Blue & yellow line border, with pink outline border. The design features two figures; a male figure representing the sea god Neptune, holding a large fish with the text Neptunes Notion on its side, with an attendant in the foreground. At the lower edge of the sheet, some 13 ticket outlets are listed in a more legible type-face. The Family Dog crest is in the lower-right corner of the design, all in pink.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Moby Grape |
| Materials and techniques | Offset lithography |
| Brief description | Offset lithograph poster advertising a concert featuring Moby Grape and The Charlatans, at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco. Design featuring the figures of Neptune and an attendant taken from an oil painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). Design by Victor Moscoso. Published by Family Dog Productions. San Francisco. 1967. |
| Physical description | Offset lithograph poster advertising a concert featuring Moby Grape and The Charlatans, at the Avalon Ballroom, Van Ness & Sutter, San Francisco, 24th and 25th February. Printed as a blue ground, with yellow fish and top background, with blue text, waves of pink on top of sea. Blue & yellow line border, with pink outline border. The design features two figures; a male figure representing the sea god Neptune, holding a large fish with the text Neptunes Notion on its side, with an attendant in the foreground. At the lower edge of the sheet, some 13 ticket outlets are listed in a more legible type-face. The Family Dog crest is in the lower-right corner of the design, all in pink. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (The Family Dog crest is in the lower-right corner of the design, all in pink.) |
| Object history | The figures in the design are taken from an oil painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) entitled Thetis Imploring Jupiter, (1811) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.733-1970 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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