closed on Sunday, December 4, 2022
Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$157.20
Starting bid: $1.00
Total bids: 6
Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$157.20
Starting bid: $1.00
Total bids: 6
This reprint poster (designated as RP-13 in Eric King's book) offers you the same iconic world-famous art as an original at a much more affordable price level! This is the Portal Publications reprint which is printed on thin stock and reads "RP 006 c 1977 Kelley/Mouse Portal Publications Ltd. Corte Madera. California 94925" on the right side of the bottom margin.
The FD 26 is without question one of the Holy Grails in the entire Psychedelic Concert Poster genre. This issue is on everybody's top 3 lists of most desirable posters. This world-famous piece of art was designed by the legendary 1960s concert poster artists Stanley Mouse and the late Alton Kelley.
The story of Mouse and Kelley searching the stacks at the San Francisco library for an appropriate illustration for the poster is well documented. The duo discovered this illustration by 19th-century artist Edward Joseph Sullivan for an edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
Condition: Pinholes.
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: Fd-26 Grateful Dead Avalon Rp-13
--GRADE: EXCELLENT 77
--PERFORMERS: Grateful Dead, Oxford Circle, The Grateful Dead
--VENUE: Avalon Ballroom
--CITY: San Francisco
--DATE: 09/16/66
--DIMENSIONS: 28 in. x 20 in.
--PRINTING: RP-13; RP Poster
The FD 26 is without question one of the Holy Grails in the entire Psychedelic Concert Poster genre. This issue is on everybody's top 3 lists of most desirable posters. This world-famous piece of art was designed by the legendary 1960s concert poster artists Stanley Mouse and the late Alton Kelley.
The story of Mouse and Kelley searching the stacks at the San Francisco library for an appropriate illustration for the poster is well documented. The duo discovered this illustration by 19th-century artist Edward Joseph Sullivan for an edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
Condition: Pinholes.
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: Fd-26 Grateful Dead Avalon Rp-13
--GRADE: EXCELLENT 77
--PERFORMERS: Grateful Dead, Oxford Circle, The Grateful Dead
--VENUE: Avalon Ballroom
--CITY: San Francisco
--DATE: 09/16/66
--DIMENSIONS: 28 in. x 20 in.
--PRINTING: RP-13; RP Poster