Grateful Dead 1970 Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL Concert Poster (AOR-4.202). ...

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THE COMIC-ART WORLD MEETS THE GRATEFUL DEAD ETHOS

Grateful Dead 1970 Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL Concert Poster (AOR-4.202). A very colorful and cartoonish original concert poster for the Grateful Dead, It's a Beautiful Day and Rare Bird playing at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois on Friday night, July 3, 1970. A sublime poster that combines underground comix with the psychedelic music scene.

On the underground side is the Bijou Comix Show with Robert Crumb, Skip Williamson, Jay Lynch, Gilbert Shelton and the artist responsible for this poster -- Daniel Clyne. While San Francisco psychedelic-era posters are relatively easy to find by comparison, these sister posters from Chicago's Aragon Ballroom are infinitely scarcer; this is the first time Heritage has been able to offer this poster since 2002.

Never mind that the band's landmark Workingman's Dead had just entered the Billboard LP chart the week before. This cliffhanger of a poster measures 17" x 22" and grades to restored Very Good Plus condition. COA from Heritage Auctions.

Literature: See Grushkin, Paul, The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk, Abbeville Press, New York, 1987, p.398 (illus.).

More Information: Chameleon Restoration addressed a few edge and corner issues, touching up any printing or color where necessary, mending pinholes, eradicating surface blemishes and greatly reducing any creasing it might have had. The result is a terrifically satisfying piece with little evidence of past damage.


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