Lot Closed
February 9, 10:53 AM GMT
Estimate
500 - 800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Monterey Pop (1968), poster, US
Artist: Tomi Ungerer (1931-2019)
Unframed: 41 x 27 in. (104 x 69 cm)
Tomi Ungerer was very well known, publishing over one hundred books. Ungerer received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1998 for his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator. He did not design many film posters, and is best known for designing the posters f💫or Dr. Strangelove. The titles for this film were also illustrated by Ungerer.
This film by D.A. Pennebaker documents the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. This fantastic pre-Woodstock festival hosted so many great performers, including Big Brother and the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin), Jefferson Airplane, Hugh Masekela, Otis Redding, Ravi Shankar, the Mamas & the Papas, The Who, and The Jimi Hendrix꧙ Experience.