poster for Howlin’ Wolf, Big Brother and The Holding Company, and The Harbinger Complex, The Fillmore, San Francisco, April 21–23, 1967 (BG-60)

Collection Artwork

Artist

Wes Wilson (Sacramento, California, 1937 – 2020, Leann, Missouri)

Title

poster for Howlin’ Wolf, Big Brother and The Holding Company, and The Harbinger Complex, The Fillmore, San Francisco, April 21–23, 1967 (BG-60)

Creation date

1967

Materials

screen print

Publisher

Bill Graham (Berlin, Germany, 1931 – 1991)

Printer

Creative Lithograph Co. (Oakland, California, 1946 – 1993)

Performing artist

Howlin' Wolf (West Point, Mississippi, 1910 – 1976, Hines, Illinois)

Performing artist

Big Brother and the Holding Company (San Francisco, California, 1965 – 1972 / 1987 - c. 2010s)

Performing artist

The Harbinger Complex (Fremont, California, 1963 – 1967)

Dimensions

frame size: 25 3/8 x 15 5/8 x 1 1/2 in.
paper size: 24 x 14 in.

Credit Line

Tang purchase

Place of Creation

published in San Francisco, California, United States, North America

Accession Number

2019.28.1

Object Type

Prints

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