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Concert poster is for a Grateful Dead and
Oxford Circle show at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, on November 4th and 5th, 1966. The artwork, titled "Skull and Roses" or "Skeleton & Roses", was created by the acclaimed psychedelic art team of Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley.
Poster Details
Artists: Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley.
Venue: Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco.
Dates: November 4-5, 1966.
Series: It is part of the Family Dog Productions series, officially cataloged as FD-33. Another famous, but different, "Skeleton & Roses" poster for an earlier show is FD-26.
Iconic Image: Kelley and Mouse adapted the central skull-and-roses image from a 19th-century illustration by Edmund Joseph Sullivan, originally for a translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. This motif later became one of the most recognizable icons for the Grateful Dead. |
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