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Zig Zag
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Concert poster
"Zig-Zag Man" psychedelic rock concert poster created by artists Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley in 1966. It advertises a pair of concerts by Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin) and Quicksilver Messenger Service at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco.
Poster Details
Artists The poster was designed by prominent psychedelic artists Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley, who used the existing "Le Zouave" rolling papers logo without permission, which turned out to be mutually beneficial free advertising for the paper company.
Significance The poster is one of the most popular and iconic images of the Family Dog concert series (FD-14) from the San Francisco counterculture movement of the 1960s, a symbol of rebellion and artistic expression.
The "Zig-Zag Man" The figure on the poster (and rolling papers packaging) is "Le Zouave," a French North African soldier from the Crimean War who, according to legend, improvised a cigarette using a piece of paper from a gunpowder bag after a bullet broke his pipe. |
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