Grateful Dead, Andy Warhol 1967 KQED "Video Sutra II" Cardboard TV Appearance Poster....

Description

Grateful Dead, Andy Warhol 1967 KQED "Video Sutra II" Cardboard TV Appearance Poster. An original, printed-before-the-broadcast cardboard advertising poster for the showing of Video Sutra II on San Francisco public television station KQED Channel 9 on Wednesday night, April 26, 1967. Featured in the film were the Grateful Dead, pop-culture icon Andy Warhol, poet Michael McClure and others, in both "black & white and color." The handbills turn up from time to time, but this rare poster version is almost unheard-of. A first-ever Heritage offering, needless to say, this thick board measures 14" x 22" and grades to Near Mint Minus condition. COA from Heritage Auctions.

More Information: This poster has not been graded because it's not part of a series that CGC currently certifies. As a general guideline, CGC grades concert posters from series that have been meticulously cataloged in Eric King's Collector's Guide to Psychedelic Rock Concert Posters, which includes: Bill Graham, Family Dog, Grande Ballroom, Neon Rose and Vulcan Gas Company. In addition to these, CGC also grades posters featured in the Art of Rock book, as well as the modern series Bill Graham Presents (1985-present), New Fillmore (1988-present) and MoonAlice (2007-present). There are many other great psychedelic concert posters outside of these series and which are not pictured in Art of Rock, in part because the authors had to be highly selective with limited space. It's unknown if and when CGC will expand its grading and authenticating beyond those parameters.

Condition details: There is some very light, expected surface scuffing to the jet-black ink in a few places. The corners are not perfect but they're actually very close. There appears to have once been a tack hole at the very top center in the upper eyelid, which has been repaired and filled in so nothing shows unless you tilt the poster at an angle to the light.