Trip or Freak AOR-2.183 OPC-A  Type 1, 2nd Print, Signed by Artists, Mint

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Winterland Trip or Freak Poster AOR-2.183 OPC-A Type 1, 2nd Print, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grateful Dead, and Big Brother and The Holding Company were the bands. Signed by Artists: Stanley 'Mouse' Miller and Alton Kelley. Dedication to Marguerite Kelley(Kelley's wife when he died) on the back from Alton. It's missing Rick Griffin's signature. But, then only about 25 of the 500 printed were signed by all three artists. Size is 19 1/2 x 35 1/2. Mint condition, in plastic sleeve. Shipped in heavy weight cardboard tube. The pictured poster is only for illustration purposes. Actual pictures upon request for serious buyers. This is not a common poster, so bid accordingly. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail with signature confirmation. Insurance is per 0 insured and at your expense.
Winterland 10/31/67
Catalog Number AOR-2.183 in The Art Of Rock
Known as “Trip or Freak”, this collaboration by three of the most talented poster artists of the day - Rick Griffin, Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse - is one of the most enduring images of the psychedelic poster era.
The central image is of Lon Chaney from the Phantom of the Opera (1925) and was Kelley’s contribution. The concert information lettering at the bottom was done by Griffin and the “Trip or Freak” lettering in the form of a topless woman was by Mouse.
The “Trip or Freak Fantasmagoraball” was held on Halloween in 1967 at Winterland, an old ice skating rink. Winterland would later be renovated and used for hundreds of concerts throughout the 70’s, but for this concert it was still a dilapidated, run down place with a definite Halloween-like atmosphere.
The popularity of this poster has helped push the price of a top condition original poster to the 00 mark.
The original poster was printed on thin white stock and measures approximately 14″ x 26″.
The Type 1 second print poster was intended to be part of a signed and numbered edition of 500. A small number of these are signed by Kelley, who did the numbering and a smaller number are signed by both Mouse and Kelley. Perhaps 25-30 are signed by all three artists as Griffin passed away before signing many. Of these 500 pieces, most were not signed or numbered. These measure approximately 19″ x 35″.