FD 12-2

14" x 20-1/2" 1966

A great early poster by Wes Wilson, and a very clever play on words for the title.

This is a very rare poster.

Dig this:

'Want to know how the hooded death's head for the Grateful Dead came about?
The Dead recorded a song called "St. Stephen" on their first album, which had a line, "St. Stephen with a rose, in and out of the garden he goes...." That image was taken by Rick Griffin (but it could have been Stanley Mouse) and coupled with the image of the REAL St. Stephen, whose skeleton is preserved with a "grim reaper" hooded cloak over it, sitting in a chair in the "bone room" of Santa Katerina monestery at the foot of Mt. Sinai (these Christians are WEIRD!!! a lot weirder than the Grateful Dead ever were, certainly). The Bone Room contains a broad stack of skulls 6 feet deep of EVERY monk who was ever there (better not visit).

Staple holes, otherwise perfect.