Rare 1967 Sunday Afternoon Sparta Graphics Poster #2 Schiller Beatles Snoopy Ali

Description: The title of this truly rare original poster is "Groovie Happening Sunday Afternoon", and it depicts theSummer of Love, the giant messy months-long music fest/love-in that took place in San Francisco in the summer of 1967. Floating amidst a sky of psychedelic pink word art is a hot air balloon driven by Snoopy and trailing a banner that says "San Francisco or Bust". Below the balloon, you will recognize many faces frolicking at the junction of Haight-Ashbury: members of Jefferson Airplane, The Beatles, The Monkees, The Mamas and the Papas,Paul Revere and the Raiders, James Brown with jiving legs, Sonny & Cher, and The Supremes, among others. You'll also spot Muhammad Ali in irons, arrested in 1965 for evading the Vietnam draft. Next to him waving an American flag is,I think, Ralph Nader, who by then had published the ultimate gadfly book,Unsafe at Any Speed.And in an unusual turnaround, runningawayfrom bikini-clad babes is Sean Connery as James Bond, fresh off the set ofYou Only Live Twice. Let's not forget sitting cross-legged under the Haight-Ashbury street sign is Bob Dylan, simultaneously strumming his guitar and playing his harp. He'd already recordedBlonde on Blonde,the double-album that perhaps contained the lyrical germination that sprouted and spread these past fifty years, growing into an oeuvre meriting the Nobel Prize for Literature. The poster was designed by Jim Michaelson, an artist out of San Jose State who won a design contest held by the owner of Sparta Graphics, David Schiller. The two-some went on to collaborate for many years, and their posters are highly collectible. They are part of the collection at the Oakland Museum of California. They have has also been included in theGreat 60's Poster Calendar, produced a few years back. Do you think Jim Michaelson could have imagined what would someday become of his subjects? That they would die of overdose, maybe. But assassination? Or how about the honors? The various Halls of Fame, the knighting by the Queen of England, the lighting of the Olympic torch,the Congressional Medals of Honor and the Nobel Prize, for goodness sake. One of them (Diana Ross) would also perform at the Nobel ceremony. It's heady to consider so much life and art in one little poster! This 55 year-old piece of pop culture history is amazingly preserved with brilliant colors. It has been rolled and stored - not folded. There is some wear such as thumbtack holes in the corners and a surface crease but overall it is in amazing condition. Will ship same day payment is received via USPS Priority Mail 2-5 day delivery - for FREE!

Price: 2750 USD

Location: San Jose, California

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