Rock Groups San Francisco, 1967

Object Details

Date

1967 (printed 1974)

Artist

Irving Penn, 16 Jun 1917 - 7 Oct 2009

Sitter

Janis Joplin, 19 Jan 1943 - 4 Oct 1970

Samuel Andrew, 18 Dec 1941 - 12 Feb 2015

David Getz, born 1938

James Gurley, 22 Dec 1939 - 20 Dec 2009

Peter Albin, born 1944

Jerome John Garcia, 1 Aug 1943 - 9 Aug 1995

Philip Chapman Lesh, born 1940

Robert Hall Weir, born 1947

William Kreutzmann, born 1946

Ronald McKernan, 1945 - 1973

Exhibition Label

At the height of the counterculture revolution of the mid-sixties, San Francisco was the epicenter of music, psychedelic drugs, and free love. Photographer Irving Penn was interested in documenting this phenomenon and was assigned by Look magazine to photograph two of the leading rock bands of the era—Janis Joplin (far left) with Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Jerry Garcia (top right) with the Grateful Dead. Joplin was described as “the most staggering leading woman in rock,” while Garcia— the lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the Grateful Dead—was best known for his extended guitar improvisations. Joplin died of a drug over- dose in 1970, while Garcia and the Grateful Dead conducted an “endless tour” until his death in 1995.

Irving Penn (1917–2009)

En el apogeo de la revolución contracultural a mediados de los años sesenta, San Francisco era el epicentro de la música, las drogas psicodélicas y el amor libre. El fotógrafo Irving Penn se interesó en documentar este fenómeno y la revista Look le asignó retratar a dos de las principales bandas de rock de la época: Janis Joplin (extrema izquierda) con Big Brother and the Holding Company y Jerry Garcia (arriba a la derecha) con los Grateful Dead. Joplin había sido descrita como “la más sensacional vocalista femenina del rock”, mientras que Garcia, compositor y guitarrista principal de los Grateful Dead, era famoso por sus largas improvisaciones. Joplin murió de una sobredosis de drogas en 1970; Garcia y los Grateful Dead continuaron una “gira sin fin” hasta su muerte en 1995.

Topic

Costume\Jewelry\Necklace

Music\Musical instrument\Guitar

Interior\Studio\Photography

Janis Joplin: Female

Janis Joplin: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician\Singer\Rock singer

Samuel Andrew: Male

Samuel Andrew: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician

Samuel Andrew: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician\Songwriter

Samuel Andrew: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician\Guitarist

Samuel Andrew: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician\Arranger

David Getz: Male

David Getz: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician\Singer

James Gurley: Male

James Gurley: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician

Peter Albin: Male

Peter Albin: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician

Jerome John Garcia: Male

Jerome John Garcia: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician

Jerome John Garcia: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician\Singer\Rock singer

Philip Chapman Lesh: Male

Philip Chapman Lesh: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician\Rock musician

Robert Hall Weir: Male

Robert Hall Weir: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician\Rock musician

William Kreutzmann: Male

William Kreutzmann: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician\Rock musician

Ronald McKernan: Male

Ronald McKernan: Arts & Culture\Performing Arts\Musician

Portrait

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Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Irving Penn

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Object number

NPG.88.70.44

Type

Photograph

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© The Irving Penn Foundation

Medium

Platinum-palladium print

Dimensions

Image: 47.9 × 49.8 cm (18 7/8 × 19 5/8")

Sheet: 56 × 63.2 cm (22 1/16 × 24 7/8")

Mount: 56 × 66 cm (22 1/16 × 26")

Mat: 66 × 91.4 cm (26 × 36")

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm41a29ec99-8ddb-4684-95e2-aa4b49cf1e9b

Record ID

npg_NPG.88.70.44