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Lot 272

Sale 1069 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Aug 19, 2022
Lots Close
Aug 30, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 - 600
Price Realized
$531
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[MUSIC] -- [POSTERS]. MOSCOSO, Victor, GRIFFIN, Rick, GREENE, Herb, FRIED, Robert, NOLAN, Dennis, artists. A group of 8 Family Dog posters from 1967, comprising: 


Most posters approx. 14 x 21 1/4 in., or slightly larger, promoting performances by various artists at the Avalon Ballroom, such as the Charlatans, the Youngbloods, the Siegel–Schwall Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Blue Cheer, Charles Lloyd Quartet, and Big Brother & the Holding Company. San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1967. 

The work of artists Ned LAMONT and Tom GLASS is also included. 

Includes: FD 67-1. -- FD 68-1. -- FD 69-1. -- FD 70-1. -- FD 71-1. -- FD 72-1. -- FD 73-1. -- FD 74-1. -- Together, 8 posters, each in near excellent to excellent condition, few with minimal edge and corner wear. 

Family Dog Productions was founded in 1966. Chet Helms, Family Dog's most notable promoter, began commissioning posters to advertise concerts primarily held at San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom beginning in 1966. The highly decorative posters, which feature vibrant, psychedelic graphics and references to hippie culture became so popular that they were soon produced and sold for profit.  Family Dog Productions' core group of artists came to be known as the "San Francisco Five," and included Stanley Mouse, Wes Wilson, Rick Griffin, Alton Kelly, and Victor Moscoso. 

As Family Dog's stint at the Avalon began to wind down in 1968, the budget for promotion was reduced. The promoters started utilizing black and white imagery for the posters, and as a result, the final posters in the Family Dog Avalon Ballroom series relied primarily on photographic imagery.  


Property from the Collection of Ted L. Simmons, St. Louis, Missouri

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