$768
A collection of items relating to the Rick Griffin poster "A Puff of Kief" and its production. First is an artwork film printed in black ink. The image is of a hookah at left and the lettering "A Puff of Kief in the Morning Makes A Man as Strong as a Hundred Camels in the Courtyard." Copyright in the lower left corner "1967 Berkeley Bonaparte." Framed. Together with two printed color tests from the second printing of the poster that was printed in color. The first shows a double print of the poster with yellow ink, housed in a Perspex frame. The second shows the double poster with red ink. With a printing plate. This poster was produced by the Berkeley Bonaparte distribution agency, the poster company Griffin formed with fellow poster artists Victor Moscoso, Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse and Wes Wilson. Largest framed, 28 by 30 1/4 inches; Largest image, 22 1/2 by 28 1/2 inches Categories:
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2013-12-06
