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Advertising Poster Psychedelic Double Head Big O David - Original vintage psychedelic Double Head Big O poster designed by David Vaughan featuring photographic images of model Sue (Susan) Murray by photographer David Bailey, silkscreened on foil paper. David Vaughan worked in collaboration with David Bailey for this series of posters, utilising photographs taken for Vogue of models Sue (Susan) Murray and Jean Shrimpton. Big O formed in 1967 initially producing posters of images featured in Oz Magazine, their work continued until the late 1970s. David Vaughan (8 May 1944-4 December 2003) was an English psychedelic artist who formed the design team Binder, Edwards & Vaughan (BEV) and was the father of actress Sadie Frost. He obtained commissions for his psychedelic painted furniture from HRH Princess Margaret, did work for the Beatles in the early 1960s, worked for Expo 67 and Lord John in Carnaby Street, while photographer David Bailey used his work for a series of posters. He was also involved with two events at the Chalk Farm Roundhouse; Jimi Hendrix appeared at one of them on 22 February 1967. Jean Rosemary Shrimpton (7 November 1942) is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world's first supermodels. She appeared on numerous magazine covers including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Elle, Ladies Home Journal, Newsweek, and Time. In 2009, Harper's Bazaar named Shrimpton one of the 26 best models of all time, and in 2012, TIME named her one of the 100 most influential fashion icons of all time. She starred alongside Paul Jones in the film Privilege (1967). Poor condition, marks and staining, cracks, folds, creases, foil peeled off in several places. Year of printing: 1967, country of printing: UK, designer: David Vaughan & David Bailey, dimensions (cm): 75.5x50.5.