Stanley Mouse / Alton Kelley, Grateful Dead & Oxford Circle at the Avalon Ballroom September 16 -17, 1966

STANLEY MOUSE USA

ALTON KELLEY USA

Grateful Dead & Oxford Circle at the Avalon Ballroom   September 16 -17, 1966

Marked: Mouse Studios 66, 26(3), (c) Family Dog Productions 1966 639 Gough St., San Francisco, Calif. 94102

H: 20″ x W: 14″

Born in Detroit, Stanley Miller became known as “Mouse” after illustrating countless notebooks with his signature rodent sketch. Miller found an outlet for his creativity in pin-striping cars and airbrushing hot rod designs on posters and T-shirts. Mouse migrated to San Francisco in 1964, where he first met the artists associated with Family Dog, the organization producing dance concerts at the Avalon Ballroom. With collaborator Alton Kelley, Mouse experimented broadly with composition, lettering and imagery: Kelley came up with the ideas and Mouse executed the designs. Mouse and Kelley helped to establish the psychedelic style of expression under the name Mouse Studios.