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Woodstock Wallkill 69 Byrd
About this poster
“In the spring of 1969, Woodstock Ventures asked me to do a poster for the large outdoor concert they were planning for the village of Woodstock, NY. in August of that year. [NOTE: it was actually in Wallkill, NY] I based the poster on Ingre’s La Source and surrounded that image with cupids, flowers and hearts in jewel-tone colors. After I delivered the art to the printer in late June, I left for a month in the Caribbean to a town with 30 people and no telephone. During this time, the town of Wallkill forbade the show and it had to be moved to Max Yasgur's farm in White Lake, town of Bethel. As I was not available to do a new poster, it was done by another artist, and appropriately became very famous, while this version is mostly forgotten.”
- David Byrd
The "Aquarian Exposition" poster originally advertised the festival's location as Wallkill, NY. However, the venue was later relocated to Max Yasgur's farm near Bethel.
This poster is the original promotional artwork for the event, with Wallkill, NY initially designated as the location. The festival's location journeyed from Woodstock to Wallkill, and eventually settled at Max Yasgur's farm.
For the central design element, graphic artist David Edward Byrd drew inspiration from "La Source," a painting by the French neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
Edition Details
- Class: Event Poster
- Release Date: 08/15/1969
- Print Type: Limited Edition (LE)
- Variant: OP-1 Edition
- Designer: David Byrd
- Status: Official
- Technique: Offset Lithograph
- Size: 13 5/8" x 22 3/8" (34.61 x 56.83 cm)
- Series: Art of Rock (AoR)
- Series ID: AoR-3.2
Event Details
- Band: Richie Havens
- Band: Sweetwater
- Band: Bert Sommer
- Band: Tim Hardin
- Band: Ravi Shankar
- Band: Melanie
- Band: Arlo Guthrie
- Band: Joan Baez
- Band: Quill
- Band: Country Joe McDonald
- Band: Santana
- Band: John Sebastian
- Band: Keef Hartley Band
- Band: The Incredible String Band (ISB)
- Band: Canned Heat
- Band: Mountain
- Band: Grateful Dead
- Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)
- Band: Janis Joplin
- Band: Sly and the Family Stone
- Band: The Who
- Band: Jefferson Airplane
- Band: Joe Cocker
- Band: Country Joe and the Fish (CJ&F)
- Band: Ten Years After
- Band: The Band
- Band: Johnny Winter
- Band: Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Band: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY)
- Band: Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Band: Sha Na Na
- Band: Jimi Hendrix
- Event: Woodstock
- Date: 08/15/1969, 08/16/1969, 08/17/1969
- Venue: Mills Industrial Park
- City: Wallkill
- State: New York
- Country: United States
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Statistics
- Sold: 28
- 6 Month Average: $0
- Average Price: $841
- Lowest Price: $150
- Highest Price: $3,600
- Original Price: $0
Price History
| 08/16/2021 | $350.00 | Private Sale |
| 08/16/2021 | $800.00 | Private Sale |
| 07/29/2021 | $75.00 | Private Sale |
| 07/27/2021 | $50.00 | Private Sale |
| 07/06/2021 | $70.00 | Private Sale |
| 08/16/2021 | $350.00 | Private Sale |
| 08/16/2021 | $800.00 | Private Sale |
| 07/29/2021 | $75.00 | Private Sale |
| 07/27/2021 | $50.00 | Private Sale |
| 07/06/2021 | $70.00 | Private Sale |
| 08/16/2021 | $350.00 | Private Sale |
| 08/16/2021 | $800.00 | Private Sale |
| 07/29/2021 | $75.00 | Private Sale |
| 07/27/2021 | $50.00 | Private Sale |
| 07/06/2021 | $70.00 | Private Sale |
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