2010.54.2537

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The Prophets, Man In Orbit
1967
20.00 in HIGH x 14.00 in WIDE
(50.80 cm HIGH x 35.56 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.2537

Bottom edge left has: "Printed By Double - H Press". Bottom edge center has LPIU union bug with: "72". Bottom edge right has: "(c) Also - 1967 - Gut - ".





The poster has a background of green and orange concentric circles radiating out from a purple circular field near center. This purple field has a drawing of an ankh with other geometric forms surrounded by the text: "The Prophets / Man In Orbit / 1444 Polk San Francisco 776-8270". The bottom of the poster has a second purple field with the text: "Haberdasher / For The Man In Orbit".

Allan “Gut” Terk (1939-2018) was a biker in the Hell Bent for Glory Motorcycle Club and later rode with the Hells Angels, where he met novelist Ken Kesey. He became a prolific artist of the counterculture, painting the Merry Pranksters’ day-glo bus and creating designs for the Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane.

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