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! Top condition examples of both these handbills are ULTRA SCARCE presently and are in high demand!

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 - Fri Sat March 24-25 1972 at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and two other dates at other Southern CA locations - First Printing Movie Handbill / Flyer printed on thin slick paper stock - 4 7/8" x 8" - Five Summer Stories is a leading contender for the most famous Surf movie out there! This is the version of the handbill with the white background. 

PAE Graded Mint 97

"Heralded as the finest surf movie ever made Five Summer Stories is a cultural icon a time capsule from a watershed era when the world was at a critical crossroads and its reflection was clear in the emerging sport/art of surfing." 

"Against a backdrop of the Vietnam War and the Nixon years Five Summer Stories was the culmination of the joint surf-film careers of Jim Freeman and Greg MacGillivray. Code name The Last Surfing Movie during production the movie portrays a young outlaw sport at a strategic point in its creative evolution--and at an historical crux in time. Now you too can do what audiences of the 1970s did--you can hoot and scream and go crazy--all in the privacy of your own home."

"For the surfing afficianado Five Summer Stories is an incredible barrage of audio-visual stimulus." - SURFER Magazine

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.

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