Peter Max Limited Edition Lithograph Print on Paper "Heart (Orange)"

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A limited edition color lithograph on paper titled Heart (Orange) designed and signed in pencil by well-listed and renowned German-American Pop artist Peter Max (born 1937). This stylized piece presents an orange orb in the center of the composition under a yellow-orange heart shape, surrounded by swirling psychedelic shapes and a woman’s face rendered in blue, pink, green, and white, on a blue and pink gradated ground. The work is signed in pencil to the lower right and marked 54 in an edition of 300 to the lower left. It is presented under layered mats and acrylic glass, in a gold tone wood frame with hanging wire affixed to the verso.
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.

Condition

- slight fading to image; marks, scratches, and wear to frame; minor damage to backing paper.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 17.5" W x 22.0" H.

Item #

17NAS110-026