Rare, Signed and Vintage Blotter Art prints.

Rare, Signed and Vintage Blotter Art

In the summer of 1995, artists Mikio Kennedy and William Giese were working with Arista Records to produce artwork for an ad campaign that would announce hi-fidelity releases of some of the Grateful Dead's finest shows. These "From The Vault" releases were to be a "first of a kind" series of fan favorites released from never-before-shared soundboard recordings. As the artwork was progressing, Jerry Garcia died. The project came to a screeching halt as the Grateful Dead universe was turned upside down. Sometime later, Arista called back with plans to proceed with the Vault releases and the artwork was completed. The blotter design is a double-sided print. 100 pairs of the prints are sold as a signed, numbered edition.Each edition contains two prints. One is signed on the front, one is signed on the back, each is signed by both artists and the pairs are matching numbered sets produced exclusively for Shakedown Gallery.

Grateful Dead "From The Vault" Emerald Variant Blotter Art Set

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The first (and still the best) licensed Stanley Mouse Blotter Art design, signed and numbered by the legendary San Francisco poster artist. Mouse signed and numbered 300 prints and a handful of APs. This is one of the numbered designs. It measures 7.5 inches by 7.5 inches in size and Mouse signed it with his characteristic "Running Mouse" doodle. Both the art and the signature are beauties!Before his life as a psychedelic poster artist, Stanley Mouse painted Monster Cars in Detroit. This piece was designed as a clever parody of his classic interpretation of the Edmund Sullivan Skull and Roses design he and Alton Kelley had made famous in the Avalon Ballroom Grateful Dead poster. Mouse titled this parody "I Need A New Liver".Years after his successful liver operation, we approached Mouse to ask if we could put a tab on the tongue and make a blotter art design from his piece. Mouse giggled and said sure. At the 11th hour, this piece was renamed from "I Need A New Liver" to "I Need A New Brain." Nowadays Mouse sells a poster with a variation of this design as "Sugar Cube" but, call us biased, we think this blotter image captures the spirit of the design best.

The first (and still the best) licensed Stanley Mouse Blotter Art design, signed and numbered by the legendary San Francisco poster artist. Mouse signed and numbered 300 prints and a handful of APs. This is one of the numbered designs. It measures 7.5 inches by 7.5 inches in size and Mouse signed it with his characteristic "Running Mouse" doodle. Both the art and the signature are beauties! Before his life as a psychedelic poster artist, Stanley Mouse painted Monster Cars in Detroit. This piece was designed as a clever parody of his classic interpretation of the Edmund Sullivan Skull and Roses design he and Alton Kelley had made famous in the Avalon Ballroom Grateful Dead poster. Mouse titled this parody "I Need A New Liver". Years after his successful liver operation, we approached Mouse to ask if we could put a tab on the tongue and make a blotter art design from his piece. Mouse giggled and said sure. At the 11th hour, this piece was renamed from "I Need A New Liver" to "I Need A New Brain." Nowadays Mouse sells a poster with a variation of this design as "<a href="http://www.mousestudios.com/art/sugar-cube" title='Stanley Mouse "Sugar Cube" poster'>Sugar Cube"</a> but, call us biased, we think this blotter image captures the spirit of the design best.

Stanley Mouse "I Need A New Brain" Blotter Art - Shakedown Gallery

Stanley Mouse "I Need A New Brain" Blotter Art

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