Peter Max Script Lithograph, 1970

Item Details

Peter Max (New York/Germany, born 1937)
Untitled, 1970
Lithograph on paper
Signed to lower right
Pulled from Peter Max Poster Book
Published by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York
Inscribed to verso

Max received his formal art education in the 1950s at the Art Students League of New York in Manhattan, where he studied under the tutelage of Frank J. Reilly. Max began his career in illustration and graphic arts by creating collage-based works using elements taken from antique photographs. His interest in astronomy led to his self-described “Cosmic ’60s” period, where his art became a symbol of the counterculture with its flamboyant use of bright rainbow colors and psychedelic images. American icons such as Bill Clinton, Taylor Swift, and Mohammed Ali appear in his works, along with other elements such as the Statue of Liberty, peace signs, butterflies, and flying saucers.

• Item not examined outside of mounting

Condition

- minor toning to sheet; wear and abrasions to frame; loosening of frame; wear and abrasions to verso.

Dimensions

- measures frame; image measures 9.25" W x 10.0" H.

Item #

ITMG876764