BG-8 Velvet Underground, Andy Warhol, Frank Zappa 1966 Fillmore Poster Signed by Wes Wilson. ...

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WES WILSON SIGNED THIS PERFECTLY, RIGHT UNDER HIS NAME

BG-8 Velvet Underground, Andy Warhol, Frank Zappa 1966 Fillmore Poster Signed by Wes Wilson. First-printing San Francisco concert poster for the Velvet Underground and Nico, Andy Warhol, and Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention playing at the Fillmore Auditorium on Friday through Sunday nights, May 27-29, 1966. Known as BG-8 in the Bill Graham numbered series, this poster was designed by Wes Wilson, the dean of San Francisco psychedelic poster artists, and Wes has signed his name in pencil right under his printed name. Mr. Wilson designed 45 of the first 50 Bill Graham concert posters and the first 10 Family Dog posters as well.

These shows were undoubtedly the zaniest to ever occupy a Fillmore weekend, with Warhol and his Exploding Plastic Inevitable (Wes left "Exploding" off the poster) being the east coast's answer to the Bay Area's acid tests. Throw in Frank Zappa as the opening act, and there may not have been a sane person in the building. This poster measures 14" x 20" and grades to repaired Very Good Plus condition. COA from Heritage Auctions.

More Information: Chameleon Restoration addressed a few edge and corner issues, touching up any printing or color where necessary, mending tears or pinholes, eradicating surface blemishes and greatly reducing any creasing the poster might have had. The result is a terrifically satisfying piece with little or no evidence of past damage.


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