{"title":"The Rick Griffin Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eRick Griffin came up in California surf culture before becoming one of the defining visual voices of the San Francisco psychedelic scene. His concert posters from the late 1960s, many produced for the Fillmore and Avalon Ballroom, pushed lettering and imagery to the edge of legibility in ways that still feel genuinely strange. He also designed for the Grateful Dead across multiple decades, including the album cover for Aoxomoxoa. The period originals here span that arc.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fd-79-op-1-big-brother-blue-cheer-by-rick-griffin","title":"Big Brother, Blue Cheer by Rick Griffin (FD-79-1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRick Griffin's FD-79 stands as one of the most visually striking posters from the Family Dog's Denver expansion, a brief but legendary chapter in psychedelic rock history. The design centers on an elaborate Victorian tableau featuring a Royal Baking Powder can surrounded by an abundance of cornucopia imagery, Americana, and whimsical figures, all rendered in Griffin's masterful pen and ink technique. This cornucopia of plenty is framed by ornate golden scrollwork and flanked by the iconic Family Dog logo medallions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vibrant cerulean blue background sets off Griffin's psychedelic lettering in orange, red, yellow, and green, announcing Big Brother and the Holding Company (then featuring Janis Joplin) alongside Blue Cheer, early pioneers of heavy psychedelic rock. The September dates place this concert at the height of the Summer of Love's cultural ripple effects reaching Denver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a first printing from the short-lived Denver venue, this poster is considerably rarer than its San Francisco Family Dog counterparts. Griffin's distinctive synthesis of Victorian commercial art and psychedelic sensibility makes this a cornerstone piece for serious collectors of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14.0\" x 20.0\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rick Griffin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good, Age-appropriate wear, fading and toning. Very light border wear. Please use the photo zoom feature to get a better understanding of overall condition. *Additional photos available upon request. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Authentic Vintage Posters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45023475368051,"sku":"P7820","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/3005\/8556\/files\/CV-26-M.jpg?v=1779307581"},{"product_id":"fd-d10-op-1-blue-cheer-family-dog-denver-1967","title":"Blue Cheer by Rick Griffin (FD-D10-1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original first printing, (FD-D10-1), this Blue Cheer concert poster was created for Family Dog Denver’s November 3 and 4, 1967 shows. It reflects the visual language of West Coast psychedelic poster art as it began to move beyond San Francisco, carrying with it the genre’s flowing organic typography, saturated color, and dreamlike imagery rooted in Art Nouveau and countercultural experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center, a nude winged female figure appears silhouetted against a glowing orange celestial form. The image draws from mythological and symbolic traditions, but places them inside a distinctly modern psychedelic framework. Below, the geometric grid creates a sense of spatial distortion, turning text and structure into pattern. That tension between readability and abstraction was central to psychedelic design, asking the viewer to slow down and enter the image rather than simply read it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily Dog Denver served as a regional extension of Chet Helms’ San Francisco scene, bringing touring acts to Colorado’s growing counterculture audience. The ticket outlets printed along the lower margin document the alternative retail network that supported these events. As an original first printing (FD-D10-1) stands as both a striking concert poster and a piece of primary visual history from the late 1960s psychedelic movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20.0\" x 13.75\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rick Griffin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good, Age-appropriate wear, fading and toning. Adhesive residue in corners (back side), visible on front. General border wear. Pin holes in corners. Faint scuffs. Please use the photo zoom feature to get a better understanding of overall condition. *Additional photos available upon request. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Authentic Vintage Posters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45023530352755,"sku":"P7831","price":285.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/3005\/8556\/files\/CV-22-M.jpg?v=1779311204"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.authenticvintageposters.com\/collections\/the-rick-griffin-collection.oembed?page=2","provider":"Authentic Vintage Posters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}