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60s
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Psychedelic
60s Poster Art
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Sanford
Tucker:
Collector of First Edition Only 1960's San Francisco Poster Art
For The first time ever:
all original first edition prints of posters, postcards and handbills
are available for viewing on the internet.
Each person's impressions of the Sixties, remembered or imagined, play
like a personal newsreel of the times: bellbottoms and beads, flowers
in gun barrels, and rock concerts starred by long-haired musicians.
Whether the images are remembered with a psycedelic glow of fondness
or the harsh black and white glare of distain, no montage is without
the defining imagery of the era's poster art.
Like free love, the posters were given away and found their way from
original venues to communal living halls and dorm room walls. As the
decade faded and the hippies began their transformation into yuppies,
the posters, corners curled and tack-torn, were left behind or tossed
out. Sanford Tucker kept them. In his stores, Sanford's and the Velvet
Underground, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin were outfitted along with
grassroots hippies during the unlikely business hours of noon to three
am. Anybody who was somebody, or wanted to be, brought their posters
in or were represented: producers Bill Graham and Chet Helms of The
Family Dog; arenas such as Winterland and Avalon; actors, comedians
and musicians including the Committee, Lenny Bruce, the Grateful Dead,
Sly & The Family Stone, Miles Davis, B.B. King & comedian Redd
Foxx.
Poster images
were exotic and complex, borrowed from eclectic sources for their
power and relevance to the hip audience. Lettering was barely legible,
requiring deciphering from the total design and sometimes revealing
hidden surprises or in-jokes. Strongly influenced by the organic dynamism
of the art-nouveau revival, the flowing forms and writhing rhythms
reflected the gestural freedom and flamboyance of freeform dance,
the expression of the times.
This collection contains first edition posters, postcards and handbills
which span the issues of the time. While sixties music and fashions
may be experiencing a comeback in Nineties interpretations, these
posters and artwork remain as fresh and original as ever, holding
up to such sophisticated competition as MTV, computer graphics and
computer animatuion. Rightfully belonging in a museum of modern art,
these posters, postcards and handbills are now available for everyone
including collectors to enjoy.
Please check out Sanford's awesome collection below!
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