Original 1st printing 14&1/8 x 19&3/4" concert poster for Chicago blues legend Howlin' Wolf appearing with Big Brother & the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin) at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, CA on 9/23-24/1966 (*show was canceled).

 

 Art by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley, image is # 27 in the Family Dog/Avalon series.

 

 Medium-thick flat vellum stock poster is in very good to excellent (B/B+ to B+) condition; the piece has been washed to remove dirt/staining, which shrunk it by about 1/8" and lightened the red pass of ink by a few shades, in addition to creating a few ultra-thin/well camouflaged handling/stress bends along the top/bottom margins- there are also a tiny set of pin holes (all four corners), a few soft handling dings and there are a couple of relatively minor plate registration issues ("Avalon" and the ticket outlet strip are both off-register), otherwise fine.

 

 A GREAT-looking example of this classic Mouse/Kelley Family Dog image from 1966.