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Concert poster from a show promoted by Bill Graham in San Francisco. It is known as BG-30 in the Bill Graham numbered poster series.
Event Details
Performers: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (headliner), Jefferson Airplane, and the Grateful Dead.
Venue: Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, CA.
Dates: Friday, October 7th, and Saturday, October 8th, 1966.
Artistic and Collectible Information
Artist: The poster was designed by Wes Wilson, a key figure and "father of psychedelic posters" in the San Francisco scene.
Style: The artwork is a departure from Wilson's more typical use of human forms and features a central swirling red and blue circular motif, bordered by stylized floral designs, using bold typography characteristic of the psychedelic era. |
| poster was washed and bleached and the damage was retouched in the blue using colored pencil. |
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