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Phish Reading 13 Welker
About this poster
David Welker created a psychedelic version of Reading, Pennsylvania, for a stop on Phish's 30th anniversary tour.
"Reading's landmark Pagoda is on the right, and there's a reference to the Reading Railroad of past and how it's a river town situated among the hills," explained the artist. "I included different characters, possibly from Phishlore: Rutherford as a young lad crossing the bridge with his skateboard under one arm (instead of jumping in and drowning as he's destined to); townspeople with a lasso around an octopus who wants to return to the river; an alligator dancing with a banjo player in the street; and some strange, bulbous creatures fishing with their extendable tongues ." On the horizon, a shark atop a pyramid alludes to the current fiscal crisis ... or the Phish song "Wilson," Welker hinted.
He conceived the design over the course of a month and executed the poster in two weeks. "After the pen, ink, and separations were drawn, I spent a few days on color concepts," he said. "At the last minute, I handed it over to my wife and our intern for their input. It has a feminine touch with the magenta, lavender, and neon greens – it's more fun than the colors I'd been using, which were somber and had an old-storybook feeling." The 22-by-14-inch, six-color screen print with a full bleed of metallic silver is inked on Madero Beach paper.
Edition Details
- Year: 2013
- Designer: David Welker
- Status: Official
- Class: Gig Poster
- Print Type: Show Edition (SE)
- Release Date: 10/29/2013
- Technique: Screen Print
- Colors: 6
- Size: 22" x 14" (55.88 x 35.56 cm)
- Quantity: 725
- Original Price: $50.00
- Paper: French Paper Speckletone Madero Beach 100#
- Markings: Signed, Numbered
Gig Details
- Band: Phish
- Band Members: Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Page McConnell, Mike Gordon
- Tour: 2013 Fall Tour
- Date: 10/29/2013
- Country: United States
- State: Pennsylvania
- City: Reading
- Venue: Sovereign Center
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Statistics
- Sold: 95
- 6 Month Average: $295
- Average Price: $167
- Lowest Price: $76
- Highest Price: $436
- Original Price: $50
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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