Peter Max Offset Lithograph "Cloud Walking Shoes"

Item Details

Peter Max (German, b. 1937)
Cloud Walking Shoes, 1971
Offset print on paper
Unsigned
Pulled from The Peter Max Superposter Book
Published by Crown Publishers

An offset lithograph of Cloud Walking Shoes, after the advertisement poster by the acclaimed German artist Peter Max (b. 1937). This artwork utilizes psychedelic colors and imagery, including a man in coattail leaping through the sky, to advertise the Laconia Shoe Company. This print is presented in a black wood frame with white matting under glass, and there is a metal hanging wire 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 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

- minor wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measurements of frame; image measures 10.25" W x 15.25" H.

Item #

19COL012-165