
“Profile”
By Peter Max
Located in Warren, NJ
Peter Max "Profile” Limited Edition Seriolithograph. In good condition measures 40x34
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Lithograph
1998
Born Peter Max Finkelstein in Berlin in 1937, psychedelic Pop art icon Peter Max spent the first part of his childhood in Shanghai after his parents emigrated from Germany to flee the Nazis. While there, Max developed his deep interest in American pop culture — namely comic books, jazz and cinema. Max’s paintings, graphic design, prints and illustrations, which were inspired by these interests, were also informed by his experience with synesthesia, a sensory condition that causes him to see music and hear color.
After relocating to Haifa, Israel, then Paris, where he spent a significant amount of time in sketching classes at the Louvre, a teenage Max and his family finally moved to the United States, settling in Brooklyn. Max enrolled in the Art Students League of New York in 1956, training under Frank J. Reilly, and then the School of Visual Arts. Throughout art school, Max focused on photorealism, but he found the style too restrictive. When he graduated and opened his graphic design studio with friends in 1962, he began experimenting with abstraction and color — just in time for the psychedelic era.
The technicolor works for which Max would become known are characterized by big and bold graphic qualities — not dissimilar to what you’d find in his beloved comic books. Some deeper themes emerged across his work too: Max spent a good portion of the 1960s and 1970s creating his signature cosmic style, inspired by his fascination with astronomy and Eastern philosophies.
For Max and his partners, the graphic design business was highly successful, with commissions rolling in from advertising agencies, magazines and even Hollywood in the form of movie posters. The artist was featured on the cover of Life in 1969, and by the 1970s, he was practically a household name.
Max's body of work extended into product design, including a line of clocks for General Electric, while his domination of the commercial art scene continued for decades. He was commissioned to paint a postage stamp honoring the World’s Fair of 1974 (Expo ‘74); a Statue of Liberty series in which some proceeds went on to fund the statue’s restoration; posters and other advertising materials for major events like the Super Bowl, the U.S. Open and the Grammys; a Dale Earnhardt race car; and even the hull of the Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship.
Commercial activities aside, Max has long been the subject of many museum exhibitions, from his first solo show in 1970, “The World of Peter Max,” at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco to 2016's “Peter Max: 50 Years of Cosmic Dreaming” at the Tampa Museum of Art in Florida. Today, his work belongs to the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and other institutions.
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“Quiet Lake”
By Peter Max
Located in Warren, NJ
This is a Peter Max signed and number lithograph “quiet lake”. In good condition. Frame has some minor scratches. 33 Out of 50
Lithograph
“1/1 heart suite ii with drawing on back“
By Peter Max
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Peter Max original mixed media 1/1 heart suite ii with drawing on back. Measures 23x21 no coa but has a wentworth gallery sti...
Acrylic

Vase of Flowers XI, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Vase of Flowers XI Year: 2001 Edition: 451/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on archival paper Size: 11 x 9 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription:...
Lithograph

Vase of Flowers, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Vase of Flowers Year: 1979 Edition: 138/350, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Somerset paper Size: 30 x 22 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: S...
Lithograph

Peter Max Floral Mixed Media, Signed, Framed, Unique, 1990, Flower Vase
By Peter Max
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Peter Max Title: Flower Vase Medium: Unique mixed media with watercolor on paper Date: 1990 Edition: One of a kind Sheet Size: 12" x 13 3/4" Frame Size: 18 3/4" x 20 1/2" Sig...
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Flowers In Blue Vase III, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Flowers In Blue Vase III Year: 2000 Edition: 419/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on archival paper Size: 12 x ...
Lithograph
Peter Max Original Painting on Canvas 2017 with COA from Park West
By Peter Max
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Peter Max Vase of Flowers Series XVII Ver. VII #345 2017 21 1/4 x 17 inches Acrylic painting on canvas Hand signed in upper left by the artist Unique one of a kind work of art
Canvas, Acrylic