Rick Griffin #[nn]

This 1980 collection from Putnam's Perigee Paper Tiger imprint brings together a selection of poster and album cover art by Rick Griffin, a key figure in the 1960s psychedelic poster movement and a member of the legendary Big Five San Francisco poster artists. The volume showcases his distinctive, intricate style blending surrealism, religious iconography, and surf culture imagery, spanning his work for bands like the Grateful Dead and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, as well as his contributions to underground comix and the Zap Comix collective. It serves as a visual survey of Griffin's influential graphic design career during the counterculture era.