This photograph originally appeared as the central image on the Avalon Ballroom poster by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelly titled "Tribal Stomp". It was also published as a poster by Berkeley Bonaparte and sold in head shops nationwide, helping to define the look of the Hippies in San Francisco ahead of the "Summer of Love."
James Gurley was the lead guitarist in Big Brother and the Holding Company. Dave Getz, the band's drummer once described the poster of James, saying it "projected a persona of the spiritual Indian, with the feathers in his hair and all that. It played to the image of what Big Brother and the Holding Company was as a band."
Release Notes:
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These photgraphs were printed by Bob Seidemann as silver gelatin prints from the original negative made in 1967.
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Seidemann produced 11" x 14", 16" x 20", and 20" x 24" size prints, and each photograph was signed and dated on the front and back.
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The 11" x 14" is a limited edition of only 20 pieces; the 20" x 24" size is sold out.
Collector's Notes:
These photographs come directly from Bob Seidemann's personal archive of photographs that were left behind when he passed away in 2017. A very small quantity of signed photographs were left and they are now very rare and highly sought-after by collectors.
Photographs that are purchased will typically ship within a few days and buyers will receive a certificate of authenticity following delivery.
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