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Woodstock Aquarian Exposition Walkill David Byrd SIGNED AOR 3.2 Festival Poster

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 Original 1st printing 1st state (no acts listed) 13&5/8 x 22&3/8" concert/event poster for the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair Aquarian Exposition in Walkill (*moved to White Lake), NY on 8/15-17.1969.

 Art by (and SIGNED in black flair pen by) David Byrd, image (along with the final White Lake offset version) is featured in the Art of Rock book on page 257 (plate 3.2)

 While this early 1st state poster advertises no acts, performers at the now-legendary 3-day event included: Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Tim Hardin, Richie Havens, the Incredible String Band, Bert Sommer, Ravi Shankar, Sweetwater, Canned Heat, Creedence Clearwater (Revival), the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Keef Hartley, the Who, Janis Joplin, Mountain, the Band, Joe Cocker & the Grease Band, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Johnny Winter, Crosby Stills, Nash & Young, Ten Years After, Sly & the Family Stone, Country Joe & the Fish, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, John Sebastian, Quill and Sha-Na-Na.

 Medium glossy-coated index stock poster is in very good to excellent (B/B+ to B+) condition; aside from a series of VERY well-camouflaged hairline-thin stress creases and a couple of soft handling bends hiding within the image area (around "Aquarian Exposition", on the interior image border- mostly visible from the reverse side), it is a great-looking ARTIST-SIGNED example of this ICONIC original 1969 event poster.

 Check out the original 1969 CBS News report!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WehjMZcQqPA