Chambers Brothers and Iron Butterfly at the Avalon Ballroom
Poster
1967 (printed)
1967 (printed)
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Offset lithograph poster advertising a concert by The Chambers Brothers & Iron Butterfly; Friday 28th and Saturday 29th April, at the Avalon Ballroom, Sutter & Van Ness, San Francisco. A vividly coloured poster with two fans of text in blue on pink, with two smaller fans below right & left, with a photo image of a painting of two young women, one holding the Family Dog logo, in blue & yellow, on a deep pink ground, with yellow & blue borders.
Object details
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| Title | Chambers Brothers and Iron Butterfly at the Avalon Ballroom |
| Materials and techniques | Offset lithography |
| Brief description | Offset lithograph poster advertising a concert by The Chambers Brothers & Iron Butterfly at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco. A vividly coloured poster featuring fans of text in blue on pink and a photo image of a painting of two young women. Published by Family Dog Productions. San Francisco. 1967. |
| Physical description | Offset lithograph poster advertising a concert by The Chambers Brothers & Iron Butterfly; Friday 28th and Saturday 29th April, at the Avalon Ballroom, Sutter & Van Ness, San Francisco. A vividly coloured poster with two fans of text in blue on pink, with two smaller fans below right & left, with a photo image of a painting of two young women, one holding the Family Dog logo, in blue & yellow, on a deep pink ground, with yellow & blue borders. |
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| Object history | The designer has modelled his main lettering on jungendstil typeface known as sezession which was first used in about 1902. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. |
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| Accession number | E.731-1970 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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