2nd edition printing of the classic 1969 Woodstock festival promotional poster, with original artwork by Arnold Skolnik.

 

18"w x 24.5"h (22"h x 30"w overall print size) color lithographic print on glossy heavy poster stock. This is an authorized second printing made the way the original was, using seven color, hand-cut ruby overlays.

Unmatted/unframed

 

1969's Woodstock Festival was a seminal event in U.S. pop culture and Mr. Skolnik's poster artwork is one of the most-recognizable images from that era in American history. Although the promoters had wanted their festival to show off the creativity and lifestyles of the youth of the day (hence the title "Music and Art Fair"), whether you were there or not, Woodstock remains first and foremost the time and place where music became the focus of a generation (and a way to differentiate youth from "The Establishment").

 

It was also the place where many of us were first introduced to a wide range of acts, such as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (their second-ever public performance), Santana and Joe Cocker, and also where bands such as the Jefferson Airplane and Country Joe & The Fish played as they approached the end of their "classic" line-ups.

 

And, of course, there was Hendrix's riveting performance - a reason alone to get the DVD. 

 

Trivia tidbit - according to Skolnik, the bird on the poster was originally sitting on a flute (since he was listening to jazz the day he was working on the artwork), but was perched on a guitar in the final version. He also had to change a fair amount of copy, as the festival was forced to move from one location to another practically overnight!