Wes Wilson 1966 concert poster The Quick and the Dead for the Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco
Wes Wilson · 1966

The Quick and the Dead

Medium: Offset lithograph concert poster

Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 14

Status: Available


Family Dog FD-12. Grateful Dead & Quicksilver Messenger Service, Avalon Ballroom, June 10-11, 1966. First Family Dog poster to place a skull at the center of a Grateful Dead bill.

Provenance: Susan Rush's personal collection of posters from her time in San Francisco between 1964-67

Literature: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. "The Quick and the Dead: Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, New Tweedy Brothers, June 10-11, Avalon Ballroom." Collection database. https://www.famsf.org/artworks/the-quick-and-the-dead-grateful-dead-quicksilver-messenger-service-new-tweedy-brothers-june-10-11-avalon-ballroom

University of Delaware Library, Special Collections. "FD-12: Avalon Ballroom, June 10, 11, 1966: Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, New Tweedy Brothers." Finding Aids for Archival Collections. https://findingaids.lib.udel.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/216881