Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$72.00
Starting bid: $1.00
This is the FIRST APPEARANCE OF ALL OF THESE ITEMS IN OUR AUCTION! You won't see a collection of these incredible Psychedelic images by 1970's Family Dog artist Gilbert V. Johnson offered in another auction anytime soon!
PROVENANCE: All of the following NORTH BEACH Photographic Art Fair posters were acquired directly from the collection of JERRY ABRAMS the creator & operator of JERRY ABRAMS' HEADLIGHTS light shows back in the late 1960's (primarily in the S.F. Bay Area although he traveled to perform light shows in plenty of other regions back in the day) about 25 years ago. The handbills were acquired from a different S.F. Bay Area source.
The following NORTH BEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC FAIR posters and handbills from the 1970's feature fantastique psychedelic artwork by Gilbert V. Johnson creator of the beautiful psychedelic 1979 Family Dog Tribal Stomp at Monterey concert poster artwork. For another example of unique artwork by GILBERT V. JOHNSON see The Art of Rock page 333 plate 4.3 (His Second North Beach Photo Fair poster is featured in full color). Apparently the posters were printed in a very low print run with extremely limited distribution likely due to the expense of printing the array of colors & the relatively thick poster stock.
3rd ANNUAL NORTH BEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC ART FAIR May 26 & 27 1973 at Washington Square in the North Beach district of SF. - First / Only printing event handbill on card stock - 7 9/16 x 4 3/4" - Exquisite artwork by GILBERT V. JOHNSON (See his 1979 Tribal Stomp artwork for an example of his style) features a FULL COLOR design of a lovely nude girl sitting on flying disc graced with a background of stars clouds moon and green countryside - SCARCE - PAE Graded Mint "93"
5th ANNUAL NORTH BEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC ART FAIR - May 24-26 1975 at Washington Square (in SF) - First / Only Printing event poster - 11 3/4" x 21" - Beautiful artwork by Gilbert Johnson (illustrator of the incredible 1979 TRIBAL STOMP artwork) - ULTRA MEGA RARE - PAE Graded Near Mint "89"
7th ANNUAL NORTH BEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC ART FAIR - May 28-30 1977 at Washington Square (in SF) - First / Only Printing event poster - 17" x 22 1/16" - Beautiful / Fantastic imagery by GILBERT V. JOHNSON features several nude women the most prominent of which is straddling and riding a large snake with bridle - Amazing spectrum of colors on this piece! A few bends in the image area mostly small with some diagonal bends creases at the upper left corner (examine the Hi-Res photo of this poster) - Bends at upper left lower right and lower left corners clean pinhole at upper right and left corners - Ultra Mega Rare - Would look GREAT in a frame as is! PAE Graded Near Mint "81"
8th ANNUAL NORTH BEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC ART FAIR - May 27-29 1978 at Aquatic Park in S.F. - First / Only printing handbill on card stock - 3 31/32" x 7 1/4" - Fantastic Incredible artwork by Gilbert V. Johnson features several nude women and frogs mushrooms rainbow moon multi-colored auras etc.! Full color horizontal layout / image - SCARCE - PAE Graded Mint "91"
9th ANNUAL NORTH BEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC ART FAIR - May 26-28 1979 at Aquatic Park (in SF) - First / Only Printing event poster - 14 29/32" x 22" - Full color artwork by Gilbert Johnson features two different nude women with rainbows feathered wings fingers etc. - See the Hi-Res scan for a clear simulation of condition - ULTRA MEGA RARE - Will look great in a frame as is! Some creasing wrinkling in the image area difficult to see since there's hardly any color flaking at all! - Tack hole at each of the corners tiny rip at upper right corner. PAE Graded Excellent "79"
Here's a link to Gilbert Johnson's website & archive of his beautiful NORTH BEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC FAIR posters (all 14 of 'em)!
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