1969-AOR 2.78-OP-1-Fillmore West-Santana Concert Poster-Conklin Signed-CGC Graded 6.0

closed on Friday, November 17, 2017

Final Auction Price
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$328.00
Starting bid: $100.00

This poster has been signed in black ink by Lee Conklin. 

This poster by Lee Conklin is very rare and it advertises a benefit concert for the Grape Workers Strike–a battle between the under-paid Latino and Filipino farm workers and the growers who owned the grape farms. It was a protest that lasted nearly the entirety of the 1960's in Delano California. For the first time in American History led by the illustrious Cesar Chavez the farm workers started a boycott against grapes. This concert took place in 1969 in benefit of a long grueling fight for justice by the United Farm Workers and by 1970 their determination was a complete success! Conklin cleverly incorporated the United Farm Workers logo into the illustration. It also features Santana as the headliner making this an even cooler poster that's loaded with Mexican-American history.

Poster – Grape Workers Strike Benefit
Grade – CGC 6.0

Bands/Bill – Santana Mike Bloomfield and Friends Tongue & Groove Shades of Joy
Venue – Fillmore West
City – San Francisco California
Date – 10/01/1969
Dimensions  – 14 X 21 ½”
Printing – OP-1 Original Pre-Concert First Concert
Artist – Lee Conklin
Series/Promoter – Bill Graham
AOR #2.78
Condition Details – Light crease in the top right corner '3' in pencil on the back a 1" band that is a half shade lighter in color than the rest of the poster.

 

*****This poster is available for inspection at our gallery by appointment. *****

 

 

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