Katie Allen
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Lot 1
Gary Burden's Personal & Working Sketchbook 2 and Sketchbook 3 featuring designs for Mama Cass, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Donovan, The Turtles, Dove Records, Miami Pop Festival, and Richard Pryor, Gary Burden (American, 1933-2018), circa 1968-1969, 2
Ending from 30 June 2025, 13:00 PDT
Online, Los AngelesUS$6,000 - US$8,000
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Fred Lawton
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Claire Tole-Moir
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Gary Burden's Personal & Working Sketchbook 2 and Sketchbook 3 featuring designs for Mama Cass, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Donovan, The Turtles, Dove Records, Miami Pop Festival, and Richard Pryor,
Gary Burden (American, 1933-2018), circa 1968-1969,
Sketchbook 2; bound sketchbook with black cover, approx. 100 pages with most pages worked on, first page stamped Jolification Corporation, California, Dec 13, 1968; Sketchbook 3; sketchbook with black cover, approx. 100 pages with most pages worked on, with additional loose pages, both books include handwritten notes, designs and drawings, showing the direct evolution of his album designs, as well as typography, stationary designs, vinyl labels, posters, tour merchandise, promotional material, and concept ideas, in both pen and pencil,
both 10 x 7 1/2in (2)
Sketchbook 2; bound sketchbook with black cover, approx. 100 pages with most pages worked on, first page stamped Jolification Corporation, California, Dec 13, 1968; Sketchbook 3; sketchbook with black cover, approx. 100 pages with most pages worked on, with additional loose pages, both books include handwritten notes, designs and drawings, showing the direct evolution of his album designs, as well as typography, stationary designs, vinyl labels, posters, tour merchandise, promotional material, and concept ideas, in both pen and pencil,
both 10 x 7 1/2in (2)
Footnotes
In order, key pages for Sketchbook 2 include:
1. Original sketches and designs for Mama Cass's Bubblegum, Lemonade &... Something For Mama (1969), on the page titled Bubblegum Lemonade and reads Come to Mama on the design itself. Drawings in black pen.
2. A page titled Early Steppenwolf, with horizontal pattern design in black pen and a sketch with the outline of the band within the pattern.
3. A page titled Steppenwolf + 3 Dog Night Books in pen.
4. Designs for the song Sookie, Sookie from the 1968 debut album Steppenwolf.
5. Page titled Donovan, a potential idea for the song I Love My Shirt, from the 1969 album Barabajagal.
6. Sketches and album designs for The Turtles album Turtle Soup (1969), in black pen.
7. Additional Mama Cass logo designs towards the end of the sketchbook.
In order, key pages for Sketchbook 3 include:
1. First page dated 8/68, with Universal Pictures logo sketch and names including Rick Griffin and Erik Jacobson.
2. Notes and sketches for the Miami Florida Pop Festival, December, 1968. A show that many friends and collaborators of Gary Burden played such as Steppenwolf, Joni Mitchell, Terry Reid, The Turtles and Three Dog Night. Includes logos and poster designs, one in color.
3. Designs for Mama Cass's Dream a Little Dream (1968).
4. Sketches, logos and album designs for the band Wings, and their 1968 self-titled album. (Not to be confused with Paul McCartney's Wings). The album was later released on Dunhill / ABC Records.
5. Logo designs for Dove Records.
6. A page titled Steppenwolf, with sketch, the shape similar to that used on The Second Steppenwolf album (1968) to depict the heads of the band.
7. A loose page of Vapor Records logos and sketch designs.
8. A few pages of drawings for Three Dog Night in black felt tip.
9. Intricate 'mind-maps' and to-do lists, containing Mama Cass, Steppenwolf, Richard Harris, Wings, Three Dog Night.
10. Richard Pryor album notes.