1982 World's Fair Lithographs After Peter Max "Cosmic Trapeze" and "Floating"

Item Details

After Peter Max (American; born 1937)
Cosmic Trapeze and Floating, 1982
Lithographs on paper
Unsigned
1982 World’s Fair, Knoxville Tennessee
Titles and publication information printed to margins
Artist’s logo in plate to lower right, 1982 World’s Fair logos in margin corners

A collection of four lithograph prints on paper including three copies of Cosmic Trapeze and one copy of Floating after Peter Max (b. 1937), each item dated 1982. Depicted are stylized figures in dancing poses on brightly colored backgrounds. Artist’s stamp is in plate to the lower right corner on each print. Titles of each work and date of creation are printed to the bottom left. Each item is presented individually rolled in a plastic sleeve without frames.

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.

Condition

- warping and creasing to prints; wear to edges; marks and dust to paper.

Dimensions

- measures one of four; items will arrive shipped rolled in shipping tube.

Item #

18DEN004-828-001