Object number:
2010.54.17450
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Incredible!
Date made:
Circa 1967
Material / Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 22.625 in, W: 17.625 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Poster
Content description:
Poster has brown/black ink printed on white paper. At the top is "Incredible!" At the bottom is a photo of the Beatles posing with decapitated dolls and pieces of meat. At the top left is the Capitol Recordsd logo. At the top right is a list of Beatles songs and "The Beatles / Yesterday / And Today". [Originally printed in full color with the 1966 album release, this "Butcher cover" was bootlegged many times. -LMC]
Concepts:
rock & roll band; music; doll; male
Organizations:
The Beatles
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