The Joint Show At Moore Gallery -

San Francisco: The Moore Gallery, 1967. Five folded pamphlets and four oversized leaves, nine lithograph postcards. The illustrated box has a slight bump to one corner, else near fine. The enclosed pieces are bright and fine. Five folded pamphlets and four oversized leaves, nine lithograph postcards. The Joint Show. The Moore Gallery that was located at 535 Sutter Street in San Francisco held The Joint Show in July of 1967, displaying the works of some of the most iconic Bay Area concert poster artists of the time. To commemorate the event the gallery published this collection of postcards housed inside of an oversized replica Zig-Zag rolling papers box designed by artist Stanley Mouse.

Contents include: five pamphlet artist biographies reproducing artwork and photo of each of the five artists; Kelly, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, Wes Wilson, and Stanley Mouse, photographed by Bob Seidemann and Dan Devine, as well as three biographical cards on Gerhard Nicholson, Richard William Leonard, and Ralph Chesse. A single announcement for the show with a photograph of Kelly, Moscoso, Griffin, and Wilson on recto by Bob Seidemann. Nine postcard size rock posters lithographed in color by the artists for musical groups including the Grateful Dead with Quicksilver Messenger Service [Avalon Ballroom, January 27-28], The Doors with The Sparrow [Avalon Ballroom, May 12-13], Big Brother & the Holding Company with Quicksilver Messenger Service [Avalon Ballroom, February 17-18], The Byrds with Moby Grape [Fillmore Audiotorium, May 31-April 1st], The Youngbloods with The Siegal Schwall Band [Avalon Ballroom, June 15-18], Big Brother & the Holding Company with Sir Douglas Quintet [Avalon Ballroom, May 5-7], The Association with Along Comes Mary, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Grassroots [Fillmore Auditorium, July 22-23], Country Joe & The Fish with The Sparrow [Avalon Ballroom, February 3-4], and Quicksilver Messenger Service [Avalon Ballroom, July 4].

Other sets online include Wes Wilson art postcards for a Bola Sete, Country Joe & the Fish, Buffalo Springfield concert on November 11th to 13th at the Fillmore Auditorium, as well as a Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service concert poster for February 3rd to the 5th at the Fillmore Auditorium but omit several of the cards included here. It's possible that the sets weren't uniformly put together and some contained alternate items.