Bob Dylan - Blowing in the Mind, Martin Sharp's painting, 1966

With its psychedelic fusion of music, colour and hallucinogenic drugs, Martin Sharp's iconic poster of Bob Dylan captured the spirit of the Summer of Love in swinging London. Everybody who can remember anything about the 60s can remember Martin's poster of Dylan as Mr Tambourine Man, printed in red and black on gold paper. The design was one of the first completed by the Australian artist and founder of Oz magazine on arriving in London in 1966. Based around a photograph of Bob Dylan, the dense collage pictured his curls as an intense mass of blooming circles with large lettering reading MISTER TAMBOURINE MAN and additional lyrics from Dylan's songs scattered through the work, notably the words Blowing in the Mind reflected in his spectacles as a play on the Dylan song Blowing in the Wind. The poster was printed by Peter Ledeboer, who was the printer of OZ Magazine, and he also distributed it to the numerous poster shops and stalls. It was sold for £1, in an unlimited edition, and was very much a part of the times in London in the late 1960s. Printed in red and black inks on glossy gold metallic-faced card, Blowing in the Mind was one of the first posters in the Big O series. Reportedly, over 100,000 copies of the poster were sold to young Bob Dylan fans around the world between 1967-1970, though few have survived in excellent condition. Examples of this poster reside in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and MOMA, New York.