1967-Bob Fried-High Mass Is Coming In November-Original Headshop Poster-PAE Graded Excellent '75'

closed on Friday, October 11, 2019

Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$84.00
Starting bid: $1.00

This original 1967 poster announced a hippie happening. The artwork was created by well known poster artist Robert Fried. Bob Fried was one of the most highly regarded poster artists of the era. Fried was a trained commercial artist who taught at the San Francisco Art Institute. Like the work of his friend Victor Moscoso Fried’s formal training gave his work remarkable precision and restraint creating designs that explored geometry and color in a strikingly unique style. This poster titled "High Mass Is Coming In November" is dated bottom left and says #2 which was the numbering system for this series by “The Food”. 

 

Poster – High Mass Is Coming In November Robert Fried

Grade – PAE Excellent 75

City –San Francisco California

Date – 1967

Dimensions - 21 1/4” x 27 1/8”

Printing - (OP-1) Original First Printing

Artist  - Robert Fried

Series/ Promoter - The Food

Paper Type – Thin Glossy Stock

Condition Details - 100% Original with no restoration. Tape pulls and residue on the back toning foxing minor surface level paper loss. View the detailed high res photo of this lot. 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 will now be clearly displayed. For a personalized eyewitness examination call 410-464-6180 11:00 am to 6:00pm eastern.

 

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