Concert poster for the Grateful Dead’s only stop in Germany on their European tour in fall 1974, at the Olympiahalle in Munich. The poster was designed by Günther Kieser, who died earlier this year, just short of his 93rd birthday.

From the description by Heritage Auctions:

It features a very colorful bust dressed up in Dead fashion through the eyes of Kieser. Worked into his creation are skeleton & rose elements and even a Jerry Garcia “U.S. Blues” top hat. Speaking of which, the Dead were on tour behind From the Mars Hotel, released three months earlier.

The band name is shown in contoured and tightly spaced Pretorian, with some letters overlapping. The late-Victorian heavyweight is contrasted with caps from Condensed Sans Serif No. 7 (Stephenson Blake, 1893). Additional text is added in two weights of Helvetica.