Unavailable|$2,495
Peter Max Flower Abstract Color Lithograph Hand Signed Vintage Pop Artwork Vase
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
Peter Max Hand Signed and Numbered Vintage Color Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and
Lithograph
Unavailable|$2,695
Peter Max Color Lithograph Hand Signed From Another Planet Cosmic Vintage Art
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
Peter Max Hand Signed and Numbered Color Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and listed with
Lithograph
Unavailable|$2,895
Peter Max The Garden Vintage Color Silkscreen Hand Signed Pop Art Dega Man SBO
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
Peter Max Hand Signed and Numbered Color Silkscreen, Professionally Custom Framed and listed with
Screen
Unavailable|$2,895
PETER MAX Original PAINTING Beauty PROFILE with FLOWERS Watercolor SIGNED Art
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
This is an Authentic All-Original Peter Max Ink, Pastel, and, Watercolor Painting titled, "Original
Watercolor
Unavailable|$15,895
PETER MAX Original Acrylic PAINTING on CANVAS BLUSHING BEAUTY Profile SIGNED
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
This is by far one of the Nicest PETER MAX Original Acrylic on Canvas Paintings that we have Ever
Canvas, Acrylic
Unavailable|$2,895
Peter Max Ballet Story Original Color Lithograph Hand Signed Vintage Pop Artwork
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
Peter Max Hand Signed and Numbered Vintage Color Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and
Lithograph
Unavailable|$2,295
Peter Max In Horizon Color Lithograph Hand Signed Vintage Portrait Cosmic Art
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
Peter Max Hand Signed and Numbered Vintage Color Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and
Lithograph
Unavailable|$3,295
PETER MAX Original PAINTING POP ART PROFILE Watercolor SIGNED VASE of FLOWERS
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
This is an Authentic All-Original Peter Max Ink, Pastel, and, Watercolor Painting titled, "Original
Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
Unavailable|$2,495
Peter Max Vintage Color Screenprint Hand Signed Pop Artwork If Cosmic Artwork
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
Peter Max Hand Signed and Numbered Color Screenprint, Professionally Custom Framed and listed with
Screen
Unavailable|$2,495
Peter Max Color Silkscreen Girl From Ibiza Signed Blushing Beauty Painting Art
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
Peter Max Hand Signed and Numbered Color Silkscreen, Professionally Custom Framed and listed with
Screen
Unavailable|$2,995
PETER MAX all Original PAINTING POP ART PROFILES Watercolor SIGNED Pop Art Rare
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
This is an Authentic All-Original Peter Max Ink, Pastel, and, Watercolor Painting titled, "Original
Pastel, Watercolor
Unavailable|$3,695
PETER MAX Original Color Silkscreen Large Hand Signed Lady Red Vase Flowers Art
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
Peter Max Hand Signed & Numbered "Lady on Red With Floating Vase" Color Silkscreen, Elaborately
Screen
Unavailable|$18,495
Peter Max Large Original Dega Man Painting Acrylic On Canvas Signed Art 40x30
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
Peter Max Authentic and Large (40 x 30") Original Acrylic Painting Canvas, Professionally Custom
Acrylic
Unavailable|$48,898
PETER MAX Original PAINTING on CANVAS Signed LIBERTY HEAD Statue of HUGE 60x60
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
This is by far one of the Largest and Nicest PETER MAX Original Acrylic on Canvas Paintings that
Canvas, Acrylic
Unavailable|$3,895
Peter Max Seated Man Original Color Silkscreen Vintage Hand Signed Pop Art Zero
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
Peter Max Large, Hand Signed and Numbered Color Silkscreen, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Screen
Unavailable
Composition Red and Green
By Peter Max
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Peter Max (b. 1937) Title: "Composition Red & Green" Year: 1980 Edition: 165, plus proofs
Lithograph
Unavailable
Suzin
By Peter Max
Located in New York, NY
annotated "A/P" in color pencil lower left margin Published: "Peter Max Paints America", 1976
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Unavailable|$4,495
Midnight Profile
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
Peter Max "Midnight Profile" Hand Signed & Numbered Large Color Silkscreen, Professionally Custom
Screen
Unavailable
Saturns Messenger
By Peter Max
Located in New York, NY
Numbered limited-edition Plate signed 'Max' lower center Publisher: Impress Graphics Custom frame
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Unavailable
Midnight Profile
By Peter Max
Located in New York, NY
Limited-edition of 300 annotated in white pencil crayon lower left Hand-signed "Max" in white
Screen
Unavailable
The Angels Suite
By Peter Max
Located in New York, NY
Color etching Chine-collé technique Each work hand-signed "Max" in pencil lower right margin
Etching, Archival Paper
Peter Max "Performer with Hat" 1980 Hand Pencil Signed Limited Edition
By Peter Max
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Peter Max Title: "Performer With Hat" Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph on paper Size: 23 x 30
Archival Paper, Screen
Two Flowers, Lithograph by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Two Flowers Peter Max, German/American (1937) Date: 1980 Lithograph, signed in pencil Edition: 39
Lithograph
Original Peter Max Pencil Drawing
By Peter Max
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist landscape with a figure by Peter Max (b.1937). Drawing on paper, circa 1982. Displayed
Paper, Color Pencil
Flower Abstract, Framed Psychedelic Lithograph by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max Title: Flower Abstract Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in
Lithograph
Peter Max Signed "Orange Liberty" Poster
By Peter Max
Located in Astoria, NY
Peter Max (American, b. 1937), "Orange Liberty", Corcoran Gallery of Art Poster, 1981, signed and
Paper
Ballet Story, Pop Art Lithograph by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max Title: Ballet Story Year: 1981 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Lithograph
Jack Nicklaus, Framed Pop Art Lithograph by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) Title: Jack Nicklaus Year: 1986 Medium: Lithograph
Lithograph
Lady Liberty, Pop Art Lithograph by Peter Max 1983
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max Title: Lady Liberty Year: 1983 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Lithograph
Heart II, Pop Art Lithograph by Peter Max 1981
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max Title: Heart II Year: 1981 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Lithograph
Peter Max 'Profile of a Lady - Woman's Face', 1979
By Peter Max
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Profile of a Lady - Woman's Face Year: 1979 Edition: 121/200 Medium
Screen
Flower Pot and Window, Acrylic Painting by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max Title: Flower Pot and Window Year: 1986 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed u.r
Acrylic, Canvas
Peter Max Blue Vase Original Signed and Stamped Lithograph, 1981
By Peter Max
Located in Dallas, TX
Peter Max (American, b. 1937) blue vase, 1981 Lithograph in colors Postmodern. pop, contemporary
Paper
Contemporary Modern Framed Peter Max Lithograph Signed 72/165 Clown, 1981
By Peter Max
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
numbered by Peter Max, 72/165, dated 1981. In excellent condition. The dimensions of the frame are 35.5" W
Paper
Sold|$4,200
Peter Max Unique Hand Drawn Lady with Feathers Study Rare Woman Figurative 20th
By Peter Max
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mixed media work by Peter Max created in the 1980's. Max created studies for his
Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Graphite, Lithograph, Watercolor
1982 Peter Max Umbrella Man II Image 3 Framed Modern Lithograph Print
By Peter Max
Located in Dayton, OH
Max produced by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions. Peter Max was born in Berlin in 1937 but his
Paper
Peter Max "Lady on Red with Floating Vase" 'Signed and Numbered'
By Peter Max
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
"Lady on Red with Floating Vase" by Peter Max, signed and numbered edition of 300, published by
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Peter Max, German or American Study "Boat Flyer" Pencil Signed
By Peter Max
Located in Buffalo, NY
Peter Max Study "Boat Flyer" pencil signed Pastel and ink, circa 1980. Artist: Peter Max, German
Paper
Peter Max Original Signed Lim/ed Nude Fan Dancer after painting of 300
By Peter Max
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Peter Max Title: Nude Fan Dancer Medium: Serigraph on Paper Size: 40" x 30" Year: 1988
Acrylic
Sold|$68,500
Peter Max Original Acrylic Painting Commissioned Large 50" x 60" 1/1 Image
By Peter Max
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Peter Max Title: Zero Celebration Medium: Original Acrylic on Canvas Size: 50" x 60" Framed
Acrylic
Mid-Century Modern Framed Print by Peter Max Running with Flying Sage Signed
By Peter Max
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a beautiful, framed print of a running man by Peter Max, signed and
Reclining Nude Colorful Lithograph Edition 107 of 300
By Peter Max
Located in Houston, TX
without Frame: H 21.5 in x W 26 in. Artist Biography: Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19
Lithograph
Sold|$1,960
HIMALAYAN VALLEY
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and inscribed "Study" by the artist. Hand embellished by the artist. A unique variation. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included....
Paper, Lithograph
Sold|$14,000
STILL LIFE WITH PROFILE
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand-signed in acrylic on front by Peter Max. Canvas is
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$16,000
Gorbachev
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) Title: Gorbachev Year: 1989 Medium: Acrylic on
Acrylic
Sold|$22,000
Brown Lady
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original acrylic painting by Peter Max from 1989. A colorful expressionist portrait of a woman
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$5,500
Profile of a Lady
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max Title: Profile of a Lady Year: circa 1990 Medium: Acrylic and Collage on
Acrylic
Sold|$2,500
If Series: If
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
If Series: If Peter Max, German/American (1937) Date: 1981 Screenprint, signed and dated in pencil
Screen
Les Mondrian Ladies (large custom framed hand signed serigraph)
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph in colors on paper. Hand signed lower right by Peter Max. Hand numbered PP lower left
Screen, Paper
Sold|$11,264
PINK SKY
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on front by the artist. Stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offer...
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$2,437
CRIMSON LADY
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, dedicated and inscribed 'M/P 4' by the artist. Sheet size 47 x 37 inches. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticit...
Paper, Lithograph
Sold|$1,920
SOLAR VIEW
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and inscribed "PP Study" by the artist. Hand embellished by the artist. A unique variation. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity includ...
Paper, Lithograph
Sold|$3,500
NUDE FAN DANCER
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Published by Hanson Art Galleries., San Francisco, CA and printed by SOMA. Artwork is in excellent condition. PP edition. All reasonable o...
Paper, Screen
Sold|$15,000
I LOVE THE WORLD VER. XII #9
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Canvas size 16 x 16 in. Framed size approx 29.5 x 29.5 in. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authe...
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$28,750
UMBRELLA MAN
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on front by the artist. Canvas size 30 x 24 in. Framed size approx 33.5 x 27.5 in. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificat...
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$28,750
UMBRELLA MAN
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on front by the artist. Canvas size 30 x 24 in. Framed size approx 33.5 x 27.5 in. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certific...
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold|$9,500
LIBERTY HEAD
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on front. Dedicated on verso. Canvas size 10 x 8 inches. Custom framed in white with hand painted fillet. Artwork is in excelle...
Canvas, Acrylic
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.
Find original Peter Max lithographs, paintings, signed art and other works for sale on 1stDibs.
Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.
ORIGINS OF POP ART
CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART
POP ARTISTS TO KNOW
ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS
The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.
Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.
Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.
Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.
Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.
Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.
Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.