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Martin Sharp's 1967 Bob Dylan poster

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Blowing in the Mind 1967 | Brett Whiteley | Don't Look Back 1967 | London 1962 | Masters of War Martin Sharp , Blowing in the Mind - Mister Tambourine Man , Big O Posters, London, 1967.  Offset lithograph in red and black ink on gold metallic - faced card, 20 x 30 inches. Something in the air....   Martin Sharp's Blowing in the Mind is one of the most famous posters of the Sixties , selling over 100,000 copies between 1967-70 and the subject of more than 40 print runs by Big O Posters of London (Bigham 2001). A masterpiece of graphic design, printmaking and psychedelia, it encapsulates the swirling zeitgeist of swinging S ixties London, bringing together music, words, colour, drugs and youth culture in a stunning mix of red, black and gold. Impossible to categorise - Pop? Op? Psychedelic? - it is a generational time capsule, delivering more in a single viewing than a truckload of academic texts or hours of documentary viewing. As Sharp's friend and noted fe