Original First Print BG-45 Concert Poster Doors Grateful Dead 1967 Type I
Original First Print BG-45 Concert Poster Doors Grateful Dead 1967 Type I
SOLD $2,450.00 Sold: Feb 22, 2025 on eBayOriginal Listing Description
Beautiful and very rare First Printing ( type I ) 1967 San Francisco 'Bill Graham Presents' BG-45 poster featuring The Grateful Dead, Doors, Junior Wells and The Chicago Blues Band. A punchy psychedelic silk screen by iconic San Francisco artist Wes Wilson printed before the January 13 - 15, 1967 Filmore auditorium shows. Wes Wilson is arguably the father of the psychedelic rock poster. His style, often inspired by the organic whiplash lines of Art Nouveau, took what was understood about promotional art and turned it inside-out. Cryptic, nearly incomprehensible letters filled every available space, lines melted into lines, colors clashed... and the psychedelic poster was born. There are two 'first print' versions of this poster- one has a very thin black line running across the top of the lettering, separating the purple from the upper green; the other has a much thicker black line without the purple. The thin-line version- the type on offer here- is much scarcer than the thick-line type, and it rarely shows up. This is one of the rarer and more desirable posters of the 'psychedelic' San Francisco scene, leading up to the 'Summer of Love' in 1969.
Note: This item has been sold and is no longer available. This page serves as a historical price reference for Grateful Dead collectors and appraisers.
Original Listing Description
Beautiful and very rare First Printing ( type I ) 1967 San Francisco 'Bill Graham Presents' BG-45 poster featuring The Grateful Dead, Doors, Junior Wells and The Chicago Blues Band. A punchy psychedelic silk screen by iconic San Francisco artist Wes Wilson printed before the January 13 - 15, 1967 Filmore auditorium shows. Wes Wilson is arguably the father of the psychedelic rock poster. His style, often inspired by the organic whiplash lines of Art Nouveau, took what was understood about promotional art and turned it inside-out. Cryptic, nearly incomprehensible letters filled every available space, lines melted into lines, colors clashed... and the psychedelic poster was born. There are two 'first print' versions of this poster- one has a very thin black line running across the top of the lettering, separating the purple from the upper green; the other has a much thicker black line without the purple. The thin-line version- the type on offer here- is much scarcer than the thick-line type, and it rarely shows up. This is one of the rarer and more desirable posters of the 'psychedelic' San Francisco scene, leading up to the 'Summer of Love' in 1969.
Note: This item has been sold and is no longer available. This page serves as a historical price reference for Grateful Dead collectors and appraisers.