ABOUT THE
COLLECTION
THESE POSTERS capture the psychedelic aesthetic, a brightly colored and disorienting style that flourished in the late 1960s and early 1970s. some of the earliest were produced to advertise concerts that took place in 1967, during san francisco’s “summer of love,” when california’s bay area hosted legendary performers like jimi hendrix, janis joplin, jefferson airplane, and the who. with their hallucinogenic graphics, these psychedelic posters embody one of the period’s most iconic counterculture movements.
THE SOUND 1966
IN THE MIND
by wes wilson donated by mr. leslie schreyer & mrs. alice schreyer
BLOWING
1968
by martin sharp donated by sara & marc benda
HOWLIN’ WOLF 1967
by peter bailey
donated by mr. leslie schreyer & mrs. alice schreyer
L’INITIATION
1970
by jacques delisle
ROD STEWART
donated by sara & marc benda
1970
printed by tea lautrec litho donated by mr. leslie schreyer & mrs. alice schreyer
THE MILLER BLUES BAND 1967 by victor moscoso donated by mr. leslie schreyer & mrs. alice schreyer
L’ENFANT SAUVAGE
the wild child | 1970
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movie poster artist jouineau bourduge depicted french film director francois truffant’s main character from l’enfant sauvage, a child who spent his early life in a forest with no human contact, in this poster for the film. the poster’s design incorporates torn edges and very little, simple text on a grass-green background to suggest the movie’s subject matter. bourduge created many posters for french new wave cinema, a significant, experimental movement from the late 1950s to the early 1960s.
guy bourduge & guy jouineau donated by sara benda & marc benda
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