San Mezcalito Blacklight Poster (c.1970) by Rick Griffin | art restoration vintage poster art gallery

Art restoration vintage poster art gallery classic: Rick Griffin’s San Mezcalito (c.1970)

From our art restoration vintage poster art gallery, this original blacklight serigraph by Rick Griffin captures the visionary spirit of late-’60s/early-’70s counterculture. A striking Huichol Mescalero in traditional attire radiates amid nature symbols—an electric focal point for inspired homes, studios, and curated collections.

Created circa 1970 and printed by Royal Screen Craft, the piece was published by Cocorico Graphics in Los Angeles. Griffin drew on encounters with Huichol artists in the Sierra Madre, whose shamanic, peyote-vision aesthetics became recurring motifs in his work—making San Mezcalito one of his most sought-after images.

Key highlights

• Artist: Rick Griffin
• Title: San Mezcalito, The Patron and Protector of All Those Souls Who Dig Herbs...
• Date: c.1970 | Medium: Silk screen/Serigraph | Format: Vertical
• Dimensions: 21" × 28 1/2"
• Publisher: Cocorico Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
• Printer: Royal Screen Craft, Inc.
• Condition: Fair—pin-holes and minor corner paper loss; creases/tears with tape and adhesive residue at edges; small scratches and pigment loss typical of matte silkscreen; 1/2" snipe hole at bottom-left corner.
• Blacklight-reactive color; ideal candidate for archival framing or conservation.

Own a museum-worthy counterculture icon with honest period wear and stunning color. Add San Mezcalito to your wall—and let the room hum.