Peter Max Offset Lithograph "2003 Indianapolis 500," 2003

Item Details

Peter Max (New York/Germany, born 1937)
2003 Indianapolis 500, 2003
Offset lithograph on paper
Signed and dated to lower right
Personal dedication inscribed to lower right; publishing information to lower right

Max received his formal art education in the 1950s at the Art Students League of New York in Manhattan, where he studied anatomy, figure drawing and composition 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.

• Item not examined outside of mounting

Condition

- minor creasing to upper left of sheet; minor abrasion to lower left of composition; minor accretions to surface; wear and abrasions to frame; abrasions and staining to verso.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 17.25" W x 23.25" H.

Item #

ITMG876763