This gallery features works of phonograph art found in poster art: advertisements, concerts and other commercial ventures. Click on any piece of "phonographia" to enlarge the view.
Gramophone
Artist: Alexander Calder, circa unknown
Media: Poster
Alexander Calder's signature is written inside the stylistic spiraling grooves of a record.
A Love Message
Artist: Guernsy Moore, c1908
Media: Paper (Poster)
Fonotipia Odeon
Artist: Unknown, c1908
The Pathephone
Artist: Unknown, c1908
Now for Some Music
Artist: C.B. Falls, 1918
Media: Paper, 19" x 29"
This poster was displayed in a Department store in 1918 to solicit customers to bring in records that weren't being used, which in turn would be sent to the soldiers in camps or overseas. Scrap metal drives, paper drives and even phonograph record drives were part of all citizens doing their part to support the war. Click here to read a phonograph memory by Axel Boilesen relating the fate of their Edison Amberol phonograph in support of WWII.
Pathe
Artist: Unknown, c1922
El Gramophone
Artist: Unknown, c1920
Philips AG 4000
Artist: Unknown, c1963
Media: Photograph/Poster (Advertisement)
La Voix De Son Maitre
Artist: Unknown, c1948
Grafonfoni Columbia
Artist: Unknown, c1923
Casa America
Artist: Unknown, c1929
Albert Collins Vancouver Concert
Artist: G.R. Shankaruk, 1973
Location: Private collection, 11" x 17"
Concert poster for Albert Collins at Egress in Vancouver, British Columbia, 1973.
Counting Crows at the Warfield
Artist: Craig Howell, 2002
Media: Concert poster on card stock, 13" x 19" card stock
Concert poster for Counting Crows at The Warfield in San Francisco, 2003.
Fatboy Slim at the Fillmore
Artist: Craig Howell, 2001
Media: Concert poster on card stock, 13" x 19" card stock
Concert poster for Fatboy Slim at the Fillmore in San Francisco, 2001.
Handsome Boy Modeling School
Artist: Nigel Sussman, 2005
Media: Concert poster on card stock, 2005, 13" x 19" card stock
Concert poster for The Handsome Boy Modeling School at the Fillmore in San Francisco.
Jeff Tweedy at the Fillmore 2006
Artist: Justin Page, 2006
Media: Concert poster on card stock, 12" x 19" card stock
Concert poster for Jeff Tweedy at the Fillmore in San Francisco.
Artist: EMEK, 2006
DJ Shadow, 22" x 22"
Silkscreen on black paper with silver ink edition of 33 1/3 (like a record!) (and its square like an LP cover)
Originally this was going to be a more visually complex poster, more like Emek's last TOOL poster... reflective of the Dark Days soundtrack or something like that....but then we heard Shadow's new album, and we switched gears... (after weeks of working on the other art- but it may resurface elsewhere someday) Of course, we couldn't resist the metaphors..getting to the heart of the record is a little like...the end.. the needle aims for the heart, the mechanical plays the organic, etc. etc.
Text and image courtesy of emek.com
Coachella
Artist: EMEK, 2007
Concert poster for Coachella, Empire Polo Field, April 27, 28, 29, 2007
Moby w/Lamb
Artist: EMEK, 2002
12" x 18" Limited edition printed in purple or orange. Glossy poster, not a silkscreen.
THE MARS VOLTA 2
Artist: EMEK, 2005
Limited edition 7 color silkscreen, 21" x 28"
Concert poster, Santa Barbara Bowl, October 14, 2005
Pixies at UC Davis 2004
Artist: EMEK, 2004
Media: 9 color silkscreen print on heavy paper, 22" x 30" paper
Concert poster for Pixies at UC Davis Freeborn Hall, April 29, 2004, Davis, CA.
Original and Aboriginal
Artist: Unknown, c. 1910 - reproduced as giclée 2001
Media: Giclée art print. Processed with inks & 100% cotton acid-free watercolor art paper, 13" x 20" paper
A unusual & unique Edison Phonograph Poster, c. 1910 "ORIGINAL AND ABORIGINAL"
Signed & numbered limited edition of 500. E-5 Edison Phono Print*
*A certified light fast archival giclée art print. Processed with inks & 100% cotton acid-free watercolor art paper independently tested to last (under glass) in normal room light & conditions 100 years without noticeable fading.. ©2001BygoneDesigns.
Goldenvoice Presents Pixies
Artist: Michael Michael Motorcycle, 2004
Media: Poster, signed and numbered
Country Joe & the Fish
Artist: Tom Weller, 1966
Media: Poster, (promo poster), 14 1/4 x 20, 1st edition
Trey Anastasio Fox Boulder 2006
Artist: Jay Vollmar, 2006
Media: Poster, 225 edition, signed and numbered, 18 x 24
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