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For The first time ever: all original first edition prints of posters,
postcards and handbills are available for viewing and purchase on the
internet. Each person's impressions of the Sixties, remembered or imagined, play like a personal newsreel of the times: bellbottoms and beads, flowers in gun barrels, and rock concerts starred by long-haired musicians. Whether the images are remembered with a psycedelic glow of fondness or the harsh black and white glare of distain, no montage is without the defining imagery of the era's poster art. Like free love, the posters were given away and found their way from
original venues to communal living halls and dorm room walls. As the decade
faded and the hippies began their transformation into yuppies, the posters,
corners curled and tack-torn, were left behind or tossed out. Sanford Tucker
kept them. In his stores, Sanford's and the Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin were outfitted along with
grassroots hippies during the unlikely business hours of Poster images were exotic and complex, borrowed from eclectic sources for their power and relevance to the hip audience. Lettering was barely legible, requiring deciphering from the total design and sometimes revealing hidden surprises or in-jokes. Strongly influenced by the organic dynamism of the art-nouveau revival, the flowing forms and writhing rhythms reflected the gestural freedom and flamboyance of freeform dance, the expression of the times. This collection contains first edition posters, postcards and handbills which span the issues of the time. While sixties music and fashions may be experiencing a comeback in Nineties interpretations, these posters and artwork remain as fresh and original as ever, holding up to such sophisticated competition as MTV, computer graphics and computer animation. Rightfully belonging in a museum of modern art, these posters, postcards and handbills are now available for everyone including collectors to enjoy and purchase. Please address all email orders and inquiries to:
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