Collectables
James Douglas Morrison, Poet (1968) – Tapestry
Custom 45 x 45 fabric tapestry of Jim Morrison, printed by FLS Ltd. in the early 1980s from a 1968 Jim Marshall festival photograph.
Collectables
$1,500
ONE AVAILABLE
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Item Details
This is the only available piece. Once purchased, it will no longer be offered in the Delickedly storefront.
Offered only after review for originality, condition, presentation, and alignment with the Delickedly quality standard.
James Douglas Morrison, Poet (1968)
This custom fabric tapestry emerged from the Wisconsin creative shop FLS Ltd. during the early 1980s as part of the company’s line of American rock n’ roll inspired works. Built around the same creative energy FLS developed while producing promotional banners for The Grateful Dead, this large-format tapestry features a Jim Marshall photograph of The Doors frontman Jim Morrison enjoying a cigarette and gazing out over the 50,000 people gathered for the second day of the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival at the Santa Clara Fairgrounds on May 19, 1968.
The photographer credit appears to be misspelled, which may suggest this was an unofficial or bootleg-style printing made without formal permission from Marshall. FLS used a dye-sublimation process to create the psychedelic image, then titled the piece with Morrison’s full name and the profession, “Poet,” a role Morrison increasingly embraced by the dawn of 1971 as he made his way toward Paris.
This highly collectable original tapestry briefly appeared in San Francisco and New York record stores and headshops before disappearing like the era that spawned it. Its short retail life may point to copyright issues that caused the piece to be pulled, but not before at least some were sold.
Dimensions: Forty-five inches horizontally, Forty-five inches vertically (45 x 45”)
Condition: Great (Pin-Pricks at corners from dorm-room displays)
