Original 1971 concert poster printed in lithograph and created collaboratively by David Singer and Wilfried Sätty. Commissioned by Bill Graham and catalogued as BG-271, it advertised four evenings at the Fillmore West in San Francisco from 25 to 28 February 1971.
The programme featured the New Riders of the Purple Sage, Boz Scaggs and James and the Good Brothers. The concerts were accompanied by a psychedelic light show produced by Little Princess 109.
The dramatic composition depicts a monumental Uncle Sam presiding over an immense military landscape filled with aircraft, warships and an industrial city. In the foreground, a solitary figure wearing a jacket decorated with a colourful dragon confronts this overwhelming vision of American power.
Singer and Sätty combine photographic collage, surreal imagery and vivid graphic colour to create a pointed commentary on American militarism during the Vietnam War era. The striking palette of black, yellow, green, blue and red heightens the poster’s dark and confrontational atmosphere.
Printed in San Francisco by Tea Lautrec Litho, this original poster is an important example of politically engaged psychedelic design. Its powerful imagery, celebrated musical line-up and association with the Fillmore West make it a distinctive and highly collectable document of early-1970s American counterculture.
Original Poster
Music - Psychedelic - United States
James and The Good Brothers - 1st edition
Bill Graham
Tea Lautrec Litho San Francisco
Good condition, pin holes
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