1966-FD-14-OP-1-Avalon Ballroom-Big Brother and the Holding Company-PAE Graded Extra Fine 65

Psychedelic Art Exchange is offering of one of the most iconic and celebrated concert posters of the 1960s… the famous FD14 “Zig-Zag Man” which advertises a pair of concerts by Big Brother and The Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service that took place at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco California on June 24-25 1966. This show is the first performance of Big Brother that would showcase their new lead singer Janis Joplin.

This poster along with the FD26 and the BG105 is universally considered one of the most iconic poster images of the 1960s. The poster represents the very first time that the legendary poster artists Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley worked together at Mouse Studios!

The popularity of this poster is so extreme that it was immediately put up on walls everywhere in the Haight. It was reprinted right away and was also the first poster to be counterfeited. It is next to impossible to find an undamaged copy of this poster. This is the only copy we know of in this condition. 

• Poster – Big Brother and the Holding Company Avalon Ballroom
• Sub Title –FD-14 Zig-Zag
• Grade – Extra Fine 65
• Bands/Bill- Big Brother and the Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service
• Venue- Avalon Ballroom
• City – San Francisco
• Date – 6/24-25/66
• Dimensions- 14 9/32” x 20 1/16”
• Printing- OP-1
• Artist –Mouse and Kelley
• Series/ Promoter- Family Dog
• Paper Type – Vellum
• Condition Details – This piece has multiple pinholes in all four corners with A FEW holes on the left and right edges. There is a small bit of missing paper in the top left corner.. This poster is stained in the upper right and there are scattered tape stains on the front. Also three tape pulls in the image area (one in the” I” in Zig and one on the word” BIG “ . Two tape pulls on the reverse. The top edge has a crease and two small nicks. Even after all its use the poster is  remarkably intact. 

*****This poster is available for inspection at our gallery by appointment. *****