Balloon; Daily Flash, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Country Joe and the Fish at Avalon Ballroom

Balloon; Daily Flash, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Country Joe and the Fish 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
2007.4377
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, Balloon; Daily Flash, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Country Joe and the Fish at Avalon Ballroom, 1966. Offset lithograph; 20 × 13 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.

Dimensions
height: 20 in, 50.8000 cm; width: 13 3/4 in, 34.925 cm
Inscription
Mouse (at left) and Kelley (at right) signatures. Verso, bottom left corner: #35 1st. Stamped verso, left of center edge, crossed out: Lorin Gillett, distributor, box 15125, San Francisco, Calif. 94115' Verso, bottom right corner: Peter T. Geller distributors, 2100 Bay Street, 305 (office), 7167 Stockton Street (warehouse), (415) 507-8369, San Francisco California See image in media tab for more detailed inscription.
Department
Architecture and Design
Collection
Architecture and Design

Inventory number: Family Dog 35

Known Provenance
Partially gifted and partially purchased 2008 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

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