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Concert poster vintage psychedelic rock concert poster known as
"The Woman with Green Hair". It advertises a two-day event at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco on October 7 and 8, 1966.
Event Details
Headline Act: Jim Kweskin Jug Band
Support Act: Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin)
Also Appearing: Electric Train
Venue: The Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco
Date: October 7–8, 1966
Design and Collectibility
Artists: The poster was a collaboration between renowned psychedelic artists Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley.
Series: It is the 29th image in the "Family Dog" (FD) poster series, commissioned by concert promoter Chet Helms.
Art Nouveau Influence: The central image of the woman with the flowing green hair was adapted by Mouse and Kelley from an 1898 Art Nouveau advertisement drawing by Alphonse Mucha for Job cigarette rolling papers. |
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