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Concert poster
"The Girl With The Green Hair" (or "The Woman with the Green Hair"). It was created by the artists Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse and is a classic piece of psychedelic rock art from the 1960s.
Poster Details
Artists: Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse.
Concert: The poster advertised a concert featuring the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin), and the Electric Train.
Venue & Date: The show took place at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, CA, on October 7-8, 1966.
Series Number: It is cataloged as FD-29 in the Family Dog (FD) series of concert posters.
Design Influence: The central image of the woman with flowing green hair was taken from an early advertisement for JOB rolling papers by the Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha and altered for the poster. |
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