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Grateful Dead: Original artwork and other items, various dates, image 1
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Lot 73

Grateful Dead: Original artwork and other items,
various dates,

28 June 2017, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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Grateful Dead: Original artwork and other items,

various dates,
comprising: three original sketches by Dennis Larkins of the stage design for the Grateful Dead at the Oakland Auditorium, New Year's Eve, 1980, pencil on graph/tracing paper, each signed and mounted, one dated 12/18/80 and with Scenic Artists stamp; a printed handbill for the Dead at Santa Fe, 1983, signed by Dennis Larkins; a Mickey Hart Rolling Thunder poster; and an original design sketch by Randy Tuten/Rick Griffin for the 1987 CD release of '2400 Fulton Street' by Jefferson Airplane, pencil on tracing paper of the back cover lettering mounted, largest item 19¼in x 28¼in (49cm x 72cm)

Footnotes

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Bill Graham organised New Year's Eve concerts, usually starring the Grateful Dead. These were held at the Winterland until it closed, whereupon the Oakland Auditorium became the host venue. Larkins and partner Peter Barsotti collaborated on designing the scenery for these events, which also traditionally featured a themed vehicle for the transport of 'Old Father Time', a role always taken by Bill Graham. One of the sketches is for the 'skull' float.

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