Amazing Collection of 2 Original Rick Griffin Surf Movie Handbills! PAE Graded Mint “97”

Artist Rick Griffin’s association with the Grateful Dead is well known and documented as he created some of the bands most memorable album covers and posters. However long before that connection was made Griffin’s early days were spent exploring his love of surfing. 

One of his first art projects was his surfing comic strip "Murphy" for Surfer magazine in 1961 with Griffin's character featured on the front cover the following year. For the next 2 decades the artist would often return to surfer related graphics within his large body of work. 

These Surf Movie handbills from the mid 1970’s exhibit the artist’s continued passion for the subject and the original first printings of these gems (like these here) are extremely scarce! These were acquired from a heavy collector of Griffin’s work 20 years ago and stored in perfect museum quality condition fresh like they were produced yesterday!

Collection of 2 Original Rick Griffin Surf Movie Handbills:

TALES FROM THE TUBE - Oct 2-8 12-13 18-19 1974 - First Printing 5 9/16" x 8 1/2" Film showings at Laguna Beach Newport Beach Downey Community Theater and Hermosa Beach (all in California). Bob Cording and Jerry Humphries surf movie handbill illustrated in full color by Rick Griffin (appears in the Rick Griffin book on page 67). Thin Stock. 

PAE Graded Mint 97

FIVE SUMMER STORIES PLUS FOUR - 1975 - First Printing 4 7/8" x 8 3/8" Surf & skateboarding movie tour blank handbill for Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman movies "In Stereophonic sound with music by the BEACH BOYS and HONK" typeset in red at bottom edge. Full color illustration by Rick Griffin. (appears in the RICK GRIFFIN book on page 70). Thin stock. 

PAE Graded Mint 97

Superb Museum Quality that is un-improvable in every way. Of course there are no nicks cuts tears or pinholes! This lot contains multiple items. View the detailed high res photo of this lot for condition of each item. Click on the thumbnail photo to see an enlarged photo. Click a second time on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the enlarged photo. A super high res image with every millimeter of each piece in the lot will now be clearly displayed. For a personalized eyewitness examination call 410-464-6180 11:00 am to 6:00pm eastern. This lot is also available for your inspection at our Gallery in Baltimore Maryland.