Bidspirit auction | HENDRIX JIMI: (1942-1970)

HENDRIX JIMI: (1942-1970) - HENDRIX JIMI: (1942-1970) American rock guitarist and singer. A rare and highly attractive vintage signed 19.5 x 30 concert poster promoting a performance by the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Fillmore Auditorium, 20th to 26th June (1967), the psychedelic screenprint poster, printed in blue, pink and orange against a metallic gold background, was designed by the British graphic design artists Michael English and Nigel Waymouth (Hapshash and the Coloured Coat) and features an image of Hendrix as a Native American chief with a hunting bow in one hand and a peace pipe in the other. Printed in England and published by Osiris Visions Ltd. of Westbourne Terrace, London (OA103; understood to be the third of four editions issued in the United Kingdom, with Yarrowstalks also obtaining a license to reprint the poster in America). Signed by Hendrix in black ink with his name alone to the base of the poster. A contemporary printed label from the art gallery Galerie de la Gravure (Malmo, Sweden) is neatly attached to the upper left corner and bears a handwritten note, in Swedish, indicating that Mrs. Platerud will collect it in hand. Rolled and with light overall surface creasing and a couple of small, minor tears to the edges. A very light, extremely minor stain only very slightly affects the conclusion of the signature, G Provenance: The poster was originally acquired by the Swedish collector of rock and pop posters, Ingeborg Platerud. In the late 1960s Platerud worked at the Sergelbokhandeln, a bookstore, and is understood to have obtained the signature when she met Hendrix at a nearby record store (Hendrix is known to have performed in Sweden in May and September of 1967, as well as January of both 1968 & 1969, and August 1970, just 19 days before his tragic death).