Poster in black-brown and white-cream featuring hand-drawn lettering and a central image of a long-haired Jesus Christ clasping his hands. Performance and ticket information below.

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Object Timeline

1970	Work on this object began.
1979	We acquired this object.
2013	We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
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Poster, Voices of East Harlem/Delaney Bonnie and Friends, 1970

This is a poster. It was designed by Norman Orr and printed by Tea Lautrec Litho, San Francisco. It is dated 1970 and we acquired it in 1979. Its medium is offset lithograph on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Posters produced in the 1970s for The Fillmore, the San Francisco music venue made famous by Bill Graham, were renowned for their psychedelic styling. Graham commissioned local artists to design the posters, which were printed regularly for a constantly changing roster of weekly performances. The hand-drawn style of this lithographic poster, designed for a holiday concert series in December 1970, is characteristic of the work of designer Norman Orr, who drew the central image after Rembrandt van Rijn’s 1657 painting Christ with Arms Folded.

This object was donated by Mr. Leslie Schreyer and Mrs. Alice Schreyer. It is credited Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer.

Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.

Lithograph poster for 1966 concert in San Francisco. Green background. Red lettering with faint white outline centered on page; organic, distorted (nearly unreadable) letterforms spell out the names of bands stacked one on top of the other: The Association, Along Comes Mary, Quicksilver, Messenger Service, Grassroots, with "Friday only" at the bottom. The words look almost as though they are wrapped around an cylinder. At the top, in simple black san-serif all-caps: Presented in San Francisco by Bill Graham. At the bottom, in similar simple black text, a list of ticket outlets.

Poster, The Association, 1966
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer.
1979-34-25

Poster features an abstract image of a woman in blue and yellow on a blue and green spiraled ground. In upper margin, black text: BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO; Below, in wavy form, yellow text: JIM KWESKIN JUG BAND / PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY / THE SPARROW / LIGHTS BY HEADLIGHTS / AT THE FILLMORE / JUNE 2-3 [more info below].

Poster, Jim Kweskin / Jug Band, 1967
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer.
1979-34-9

Poster for a 1967 concert in San Francisco, featuring Howlin' Wolf, Country Joe and the Fish, and Loading Zone.
Predominently white background, purple female figure in mustard dress. Bottom of dress is made up of flowers and text:
Fillmore Aud.
Fri Sat Apr 14-15 8pm-2am $3: Sun Apr 16 2pm to 7pm $2

Behind her, extremely stylized, attenuated pink text:
Howlin' Wolf

In mustard and white text on the right side:
Country Joe Loading Zone & The Fish
Visual simulation: Head Lights

Top border, in red outline all-caps san-serif, on mustard:
Presented in San Francisco by Bill Graham

Bottom border, ticket listings in white on purple.

Poster, Howlin' Wolf, 1967
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer.
1979-34-1

Its dimensions are

H x W: 55 x 35.5 cm (21 5/8 in. x 14 in.) Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)

It is signed

Imprinted in cream, center of image: © BILL GRAHAM 1970 #262 N. ORR

It is inscribed

Imprinted in cream, center: DRAWN FROM PAINTING BY R. VON RYN

Cite this object as

Poster, Voices of East Harlem/Delaney Bonnie and Friends, 1970; Designed by Norman Orr ; offset lithograph on white wove paper; H x W: 55 x 35.5 cm (21 5/8 in. x 14 in.) Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.); Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer; 1979-34-18

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CNNF/
Accession Number 1979-34-18
Object ID 18497979