Signed and Framed 1980 New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival Poster

This is a framed and signed poster for the 1980 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, designed by Phillip Collier. Sixth in the series by Phillip Collier. The crescent moon symbol lights a soft rain of musical notes as the techniques used in the series evolve further. The chorus of musicians, clouds and flora are given depth by chalk gradations at their edges. 

The 1980 festival was dedicated to Professor Longhair, who passed away earlier that year, with the poster commemorating the 11th annual festival which took place in April. The event continued to grow in popularity during the 1980s, attracting larger crowds and wider recognition. 

Later in 1980, this poster was the first poster, of any kind, to be featured on the cover of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress.
The cover story, titled Posters-A Collectible Art Form, coincided with the Library’s exhibit in 1982, in Washington, DC, featuring a selection from their collection of over seventy-thousand posters

• Poster is Signed by Phillip Collier in bottom right corner
• Numbered 1536 out of 10,000 and watermarked
• Poster is in great Condition
• Comes in Metal frame, with Hanging wire
• 22.25"W x 34"H x 1.25"D

Used

34 in

22.25 in

1.25 in