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Middle Earth Concert Calendar London 68 Hapshash & The Coloured Coat
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1968
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1 Edition
About this poster
Michael English's detailed explanatory letter explains that this was the last, and technically the most sophisticated, poster created under the Hapshash name. Printed by offset lithography rather than the usual silkscreen process, the image takes its theme from J.R. Tolkien's books, from which the Middle Earth derived its name. In typical post-Freudian Hapshash style the content was heavily sexualized but the less explicit version of the two lovers was printed and used for promoting the club's concerts. Above the lovers, entwined in foliage very much in Alphonse Mucha style, are two windows into two worlds, one of darkness, one of light. Locked in eternal balance, they are a symbol of the symmetry of space-time, as are the lovers - a reflection of each other, independent, yet inter-dependent. English recalls that, at the time, he felt it was somehow dishonest to hide the boy's genitals in the printed version as it somehow diluted the force of their love and consequently weakened the message.
Edition Details
- Year: 1968
- Designer: Michael English
- Studio: Hapshash & The Coloured Coat
- Class: Event Poster
- Print Type: Original Art (OG)
- Release Date: 03/15/1968
- Technique: Original Mixed Media
- Size: 19 69/100" x 29 53/100" (50 x 75 cm)
- Quantity: 1
- Markings: Signed
Event Details
- Band: Pink Floyd
- Band: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
- Band: The Moody Blues
- Band: Tim Buckley
- Band: The Nice
- Band: Arlo Guthrie
- Band: John Mayall & the Blues Breakers
- Band: The Family
- Band: Soft Machine
- Band: Brian Auger and the Trinity
- Band: Julie Driscoll
- Event: Middle Earth Concert Calendar
- Tour: 1968 World Tour
- Date: 03/15/1968, 03/16/1968, 03/22/1968, 03/23/1968, 03/29/1968, 03/30/1968, 04/05/1968, 04/06/1968, 04/12/1968, 04/13/1968, 04/19/1968, 04/20/1968
- Country: England
- City: London
- Venue: Middle Earth
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- Sold: 1
- 6 Month Average: $0
- Average Price: $12,046
- Lowest Price: $12,046
- Highest Price: $12,046
- 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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