Color X Color

The Sperry Poster Archive
2020
Hardcover

Publisher: Hanger 18.

ISBN: 978-0998140742

Dimensions: 12.875 x 10.5 in

Pages: 751
$120

Introductions by Charles Bock and Carlo McCormick, Afterword by Josef Zimmerman, Fort Wayne Museum of Art


10.5 x 12.75 inches /751 pages

Published by Paragon Books

ISBN: 978-0998140742

 

“Color x Color: The Sperry Poster Archive” illustrates the 40 year career arc of renowned rock poster artist and master screen printer, Chuck Sperry. The 750+ page tome features over 800 color reproductions of Sperry’s work, from his early years creating posters for Bill Graham’s legendary Fillmore Auditorium, to his eye-arresting work for The Who, Eric Clapton, Pearl Jam, and the Black Keys. Sperry Introduces each chapter of “Color x Color” with fresh and insightful autobiographical detail, shedding light on his colorful art, life and career. As the artist prefaces his book: “To show you everything, well, that’s exactly what I set out to do two years ago. This book brings together every poster I have created.” The impetus to create this exhaustively complete book originates with the creation of an extensive special permanent collection of Sperry’s art to enter the archives of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.