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Jimi Hendrix Experience 1969 Gunther Kieser Famous Wire-Hair Concert Poster (AOR

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia Start Price:360.00 USD Estimated At:798.40 - 1,197.60 USD
Jimi Hendrix Experience 1969 Gunther Kieser Famous Wire-Hair Concert Poster (AOR
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Jimi Hendrix Experience 1969 Gunther Kieser Famous Wire-Hair Concert Poster (AOR-3.185).An original German large-version Jimi Hendrix concert poster from early 1969, designed by the revered Gunther Kieser and signed on the back by the promoter it was designed for, Fritz Rau.

This specimen was protected with a thin layer of lamination a long time ago, thin enough that the poster still easily rolls up. It was signed on the verso by tour promoter Rau in 2012, to our consignor. Rau's inscription says, translated from German to English, "The poster of my life. Cordially, Fritz Rau." Our consignor has written a lovely Letter of Provenance explaining her personal history with this poster, which she pulled down or acquired at the time while seeing Hendrix on this concert tour in Frankfurt, West Germany on January 17, 1969. That handwritten letter is part of this lot. (This poster is not to be confused with the smaller, merchandising version that was sold at shows.) Measures 33" x 46 5/8" and grades to laminated Good condition. COA from Heritage Auctions.

Literature: See Grushkin, Paul, The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk, Abbeville Press, New York, 1987, p.311 (illus.).