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TOM WILKES (1939-2009)
Monterey International Pop Festival. Lithograph poster on silver foil. 543x313 mm; 21¼x12¾ inches. 1967.
This three-day, seminal event is considered the first rock festival and is considered by many be the best. It is also regarded as the event which kicked off the Summer of Love. The line up consisted of well-known and lesser known acts who were propelled to further stardom by their appearances at Monterey: The Association, Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, Mike Bloomfield's Electric Flag, Booker T. and the MG's, The Buffalo Springfield, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Byrds, The Grateful Dead, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Jefferson Airplane, The Mamas & The Papas, Hugh Masekela, The Steve Miller Band, Moby Grape, Laura Nyro, Lou Rawls, Otis Redding, Johnny Rivers, Ravi Shankar, Simon and Garfunkel, Canned Heat, and The Who.
Wilkes was an art director and designer best known for his album cover designs for Janis Joplin, the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Joe Cocker and others.
This image features Wilkes' reimagining of a 1908 photograph of the performer Maud Allan in her role as Salomé. It is both psychedelic and sexy.
