Skull and Roses; Grateful Dead and Oxford Circle at Avalon Ballroom

Skull and Roses; Grateful Dead and Oxford Circle at Avalon Ballroom

1966
Designer
Alton Kelley, American, 1940-2008
Stanley Mouse, American, 1940
Born: Fresno, CA
Country
United States
Object
poster
Medium
Offset lithograph
Accession Number
2007.4368
Credit Line
Partial gift of David and Sheryl Tippit; partial purchase with Architecture, Design, and Graphics Department acquisition funds; and partial purchase from the Volunteer Endowment Fund in honor of R. Craig Miller

Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse, Skull and Roses; Grateful Dead and Oxford Circle at Avalon Ballroom, 1966. Offset lithograph; 20 × 14 1/4 in. Denver Art Museum: Partial gift of David and Sheryl Tippit; partial purchase with Architecture, Design, and Graphics Department acquisition funds; and partial purchase from the Volunteer Endowment Fund in honor of R. Craig Miller, 2007.4368.

Dimensions
height: 20 1/4 in, 51.435 cm; width: 14 1/4 in, 36.195 cm; mat height: 24 1/4 in, 61.595 cm; mat width: 20 1/4 in, 51.435 cm
Inscription
Mouse and Kelley signatures in pencil on bottom edge. Verso, bottom left corner: #26 1st Verso, top right corner reads: 26
Department
Architecture and Design
Collection
Architecture and Design

Inventory number: Family Dog 26

Known Provenance
Partially gifted and partially purchased 2007 from David and Sheryl Tippit, Boulder, Colorado by the Denver Art Museum.
Exhibition History
  • "The Psychedelic Experience: Rock Posters from the San Francisco Bay Area, 1965-71" — Denver Art Museum, 3/21/2009 – 7/26/2009
  • "Fleetingness of Life" — Denver Art Museum, 6/1/2015 – 10/11/2015
  • “José Guadalupe Posada” — Denver Art Museum, 10/29/2023 – 4/14/2024

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