Peter Max -- Heart on Blends
By Peter Max
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Peter Max Heart on Blends, 2006 Mixed-media with acrylic painting and color lithography on paper.
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Peter MaxHeart with Profile
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Heart with Profile
By Peter Max
Located in Missouri, MO
Peter Max Heart and Profile c. 2005 Serigraph with Acrylic Paint Hand Signed by the Artist Image Size: approx. 14 x 12.5 Frames Size: approx. 27 x 24.5 inches
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Acrylic, Lithograph
Peter MaxAngel with Heart, Peter Max, 2015
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Angel with Heart, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Angel with Spread Wings Year: 2015 Medium: Watercolor and silkscreen on Fabriano paper Size: 15 x 11 inches Inscription: Signed in ink Notes: Publishe...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Screen
Peter MaxHeart Series I, Peter Max, 1998
$763Sale Price|20% Off
Heart Series I, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart Series I Year: 1998 Edition: 130/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 5 x 4 inches Condition: Excellent Inscriptio...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxHeart on Blends, Peter Max, 2005
$1,276Sale Price|28% Off
Heart on Blends, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart on Blends Year: 2005 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 12.75 x 10 inches Condition: Excellent Inscri...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxHeart Series VI, Peter Max, 1998
$763Sale Price|20% Off
Heart Series VI, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart Series VI Year: 1998 Edition: 300/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 5 x 4 inches Condition: Excellent Inscripti...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxHeart Series IV, Peter Max, 1998
$763Sale Price|20% Off
Heart Series IV, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart Series IV Year: 1998 Edition: 300/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 5 x 4 inches Condition: Excellent Inscripti...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxHeart Series V, Peter Max, 1998
$763Sale Price|20% Off
Heart Series V, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart Series V Year: 1998 Edition: 300/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 5 x 4 inches Condition: Excellent Inscriptio...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxHeart Series III, Peter Max, 1998
$763Sale Price|20% Off
Heart Series III, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart Series III Year: 1998 Edition: 300/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 5 x 4 inches Condition: Excellent Inscript...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxHeart Series II, Peter Max, 1998
$763Sale Price|20% Off
Heart Series II, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart Series II Year: 1998 Edition: 110/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 5 x 4 inches Condition: Excellent Inscripti...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxBlue Angel With Heart, Peter Max, 2003
$1,051Sale Price|20% Off
Blue Angel With Heart, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Blue Angel With Heart Year: 2003 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on archival paper Size: 11.31 x 7.88 inches Condition: Excellent Ins...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxTwo Hearts on Blends, Peter Max, 2005
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
Two Hearts on Blends, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Two Hearts on Blends Year: 2005 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 13 x 17 inches Condition: Excellent Insc...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxAngel, Heart on Red, Peter Max, 1996
$8,400Sale Price|20% Off
Angel, Heart on Red, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Angel, Heart on Red Year: 1996 Edition: 229/300 Medium: Silkscreen on Essex paper Size: 39.25 x 27 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed and...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Peter MaxFlag with Heart III, Peter Max, 2003
$1,051Sale Price|20% Off
Flag with Heart III, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart with Flag III Year: 2003 Edition: 440/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 9.75 x 9.75 inches Condition: Excellent I...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxMax, Valentine Heart, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after), 2000
$432Sale Price|20% Off
Max, Valentine Heart, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Excerpted from the Peter Max Archives, Peter Max began painting his 'Heart Series' in the 1990s to celebrate the 'Decade of the Heart.'
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Peter MaxFlag with Heart on Blue, Peter Max, 2002
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Flag with Heart on Blue, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Flag with Heart on Blue Year: 2002 Edition: 476/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 4.87 x 4.5 inches Condition: Excellen...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxHeart Suite III, Four Artworks, Peter Max, 1997
$1,531Sale Price|20% Off
Heart Suite III, Four Artworks, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart Suite III, Four Artworks Year: 1997 Edition: 136/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Size: 2.75 x 2.5 inches, each.
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxMax, Angel with Heart, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after), 1999
$432Sale Price|20% Off
Max, Angel with Heart, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Angel with Heart Year: 1999 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 36 x 24 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, as is...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Heart Poster Signed by Peter Max & Andre Agassi
$680Sale Price / item|20% Off
Heart Poster Signed by Peter Max & Andre Agassi
By Peter Max
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage “Grand Slam for Children A Concert for Tomorrow” / Heart lithograph poster signed by Peter Max and tennis great, Andre Agassi, circa 1995.
Category
Late 20th Century American Expressionist Posters
Materials
Paper
Peter MaxMax, Two Hearts as One, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after), 2000
$475Sale Price|20% Off
Max, Two Hearts as One, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Excerpted from the Peter Max Archives, Peter Max's two hearts connect together at their fullest point, nestled close in romantic love.
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Peter MaxMax, Angel with Heart III, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after), 2000
$432Sale Price|20% Off
Max, Angel with Heart III, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Angel with Heart III Year: 2000 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 36 x 24 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumbered, a...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Peter MaxMax, Flag With Heart-Leningrad, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after), 1991
$432Sale Price|20% Off
Max, Flag With Heart-Leningrad, Hand Signed, Official Edition, Peter Max (after)
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Flag With Heart-Leningrad Year: 1991 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors on gloss archival paper Size: 36 x 24 inches Inscription: Hand signed by Peter Max in ink and unnumber...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Peter Max Signed Heart Mixed Media Original Painting over Lithograph
By Peter Max
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Peter Max Title: Love Medium: Mixed Media on Paper Size: 36" x 24" Year: 2008 Inscription: Signed "Max" on front Peter Max Studio Registration: # 225509 (184286-0006) Peter ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Two Hearts as One, Pop Art Poster by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) - Two Hearts as One, Year: 2001, Medium: Poster, with marker drawing, signed, dedicated and dated in marker top left, Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Profile, Heart and Vase, Pop Art Etching by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) - Profile, Heart and Vase, Year: circa 1981, Medium: Etching with Chine Colle, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: PP 1, Image Size: 7 x ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Peter Max Yellow Angel with Heart Acrylic Sculpture 2017 13” Version
By Peter Max
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Peter Max Title: Angel with Heart Peter Max studio number: SN#823304 Medium: Acrylic Sculpture Dimensions: 13.75" x 9" x 4.5" Year: 2017 Inscription: Signed "Max" on front I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Red Angel with heart II, Pop Art Poster by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) - Red Angel with heart II, Year: 2000, Medium: Poster, signed and dedicated in marker, Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Peter Max Mixed Media, Signed, Framed, Unique, 2003, Angel with Heart
By Peter Max
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Peter Max Title: Angel with heart Medium: Unique etching with hand-finished mixed media Date: 2003 Edition: One of a kind Image Size: 21 1/4" x 18" Frame Size: 32" x 39" Sign...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Etching
Peter MaxPeter Max Umbrella Man III (Angel with Heart/Sailboat) Hand Colored Etching 2018, 2018
$6,500
Peter Max Umbrella Man III (Angel with Heart/Sailboat) Hand Colored Etching 2018
By Peter Max
Located in Plainview, NY
Peter Max Umbrella Man III (Angel with Heart/Sailboat) Hand Colored Etching 2018 A delightful and iconic work by legendary Pop artist Peter Max, Umbrella Man III (Angel with Heart/S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
“flag With Heart Blend”
By Peter Max
Located in Warren, NJ
Peter Max Original Mixed Media On Paper “flag With Heart Blend”.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
“flag With Heart Blend”
By Peter Max
Located in Warren, NJ
Peter Max Original Mixed Media On Paper “flag With Heart Blend”.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
“2 Liberties, Flag, and Heart”
By Peter Max
Located in Warren, NJ
Peter Max Signed Acrylic Mixed Media 2 Liberties, Flag, and Heart.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
“4 Liberties, 4 Flags, 2 Hearts“
By Peter Max
Located in Warren, NJ
Peter Max 4 Liberties, 4 Flags, 2 Hearts Mixed Media w/Acrylic, Patriotic Seri.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"Angel with Heart on Blends"
By Peter Max
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Peter Max Angel With Heart Mixed Media painting Signed.
Category
Early 2000s Mixed Media
Materials
Paper
Flag with Heart on Blends
By Peter Max
Located in Missouri, MO
Peter Max (German, b. 1937) Flag with Heart on Blends Signed Lower Right 16.25 x 12 inches 31 x 26.5 inches with frame Peter Max, born Peter Max Finkelstein, is a multi-dimensional...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic, Lithograph
“Flag with Heart Collage, version 1”
By Peter Max
Located in Warren, NJ
This is a Peter max original mixed media comes with coa. In good condition some minor frame wear. Measures 24x22
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
“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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic
Profile with Red Hearts, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Signed
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by Peter Max. Canvas size 24 x 30 inches. Custom framed as pictured. White frame with linen matting and hand painted filet. ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Profile with Two Hearts, Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Signed, 2012
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by Peter Max. Canvas size 24 x 30 inches. Custom framed as pictured. White frame with linen matting and hand painted file...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Profile with Three Hearts, Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Signed, 2012
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by Peter Max. Canvas size 28 x 22 inches. Custom framed as pictured. White frame with linen matting and hand painted file...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
ANGEL WITH HEART Signed Lithograph 1990, Pop Art Guardian Angel
By Peter Max
Located in Union City, NJ
ANGEL WITH HEART is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the pop culture icon - Peter Max, printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches pr...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Heart Framed Original Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Pop Art, 1992
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed upper right by Peter Max. Canvas size: 16 x 16 inches Frame size: 27 x 27 inches. Studio catalog number and date stamped on verso....
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
HEART II Signed Mixed Media Lithograph 1981, Pop Art, Unique Pastel
By Peter Max
Located in Union City, NJ
HEART II - is a unique lithograph by the pop culture icon - Peter Max featuring with hand colored pastel drawing accents.
Category
1980s Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph
Sailboat With Hearts On Blends, Mixed Media Acrylic Lithography, 16x12 Inches
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Mixed media with acrylic painting and color lithography on paper. Hand-signed in acrylic paint on front by Peter Max. A unique variation. Artwork size: 16 x 12 inches. Frame size...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Lithograph
Angel with Heart, Unique Mixed Media on Paper, Pop Art, Signed, 2009
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Mixed media with acrylic painting and color lithography on paper. Hand-signed in acrylic paint on front by Peter Max. A unique variation. Frame size 18 x 15.5 inches. Artwork siz...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Lithograph
Flag with Heart, Unique Mixed Media on Paper, Pop Art, Signed, 2009
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Mixed media with acrylic painting and color lithography on paper. Hand-signed in acrylic paint on front by Peter Max. A unique variation. Frame size 18 x 15.5 inches. Artwork siz...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Lithograph
Peter MaxAngel with Heart Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Custom Framed, 49 x 38 in., 2010
$23,600
Angel with Heart Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Custom Framed, 49 x 38 in.
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by Peter Max. Canvas size 36 x 24 inches. Frame size approx 49 x 38 inches. Studio catalog number and stamp on verso. Ar...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1980s Fiorucci Heart-Shaped Porcelain Dish in Italian Pop Art Style
By Keith Haring, Ettore Sottsass, Jeff Koons, Peter Max, Andy Warhol
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage 1980s Fiorucci "New Wave" Italian porcelain heart-shaped trinket dish, ashtray or vide poche. This rare authentic post-modern piece is glazed porcelain with the traditional 1...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Peter Max "Flag with Heart" Acrylic Overpaint Lithograph Signed Framed
By Peter Max
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
American Flag by Peter Max Includes Acrylic Pain Embellishments and Signature Framed & Matted Dimensions of Image: 14" x 12" Piece is in Good Condition. Shows Few Signs of Aging or W...
Category
20th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter MaxPETER MAX all Original Acrylic Painting POP ART HEART Signed Oil LOVE Authentic, 2007
Unavailable|$8,895
PETER MAX all Original Acrylic Painting POP ART HEART Signed Oil LOVE Authentic
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
Artist: Peter Max Title: "Original Pop Art Hearts" Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Art Paper Year: 2007 Studio Reference #271057 Size: 16" x 20" w Painted Borders: 20" x 24" Fr...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Peter MaxPETER MAX Acrylic PAINTING on CANVAS All ORIGINAL FLAG with HEART Signed Art oil, 1995
Unavailable|$11,495
PETER MAX Acrylic PAINTING on CANVAS All ORIGINAL FLAG with HEART Signed Art oil
By Peter Max
Located in Bloomington, MN
This is an ORIGINAL Authentic PETER MAX Acrylic Painting on Canvas titled, "ORIGINAL FLAG WITH HEART"!..
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Peter MaxFlag with Heart, 1993
Unavailable|$4,500
Flag with Heart
By Peter Max
Located in Rockport, MA
Peter Max was born in Berlin in 1937 but his family moved to China when he was still very young. In fact, the young Max would move frequently with his family, learning about a variet...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic
Peter MaxFlag with Heart (American Flag), Uknown
Unavailable|$11,000
Flag with Heart (American Flag)
By Peter Max
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Peter Max has evolved from a visionary pop artist of the 1960s to a master of neo-expressionism. His vibrant and colorful works have become a lasting part of contemporary American cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Two Hearts, Painting by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Two Hearts on Blends by Peter Max, German/American (1937) Date: 2006 Mixed Media with Acrylic Painting on Lithograph, signed lower right Size: 13 x 17 in. (33.02 x 43.18 cm) Frame Si...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, 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 Edition: 165, HC Image Size: 26 x 20 inches Paper Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 5...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Two Hearts On Blends, Ltd Ed Lithograph, Peter Max - SIGNED
By Peter Max
Located in Southampton, NY
PETER MAX (1937- ) Peter Max has achieved huge success and world-wide recognition for his artistic accomplishments as a multi-dimensional artist. From visionary Pop artist of the 19...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Heart On Blends II, Ltd Ed Lithograph, Peter Max - SIGNED
By Peter Max
Located in Southampton, NY
PETER MAX (1937- ) Peter Max has achieved huge success and world-wide recognition for his artistic accomplishments as a multi-dimensional artist. From visionary Pop artist of the 19...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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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.
A Close Look at Pop-art Art
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
- Started in Britain in the 1950s, flourished in 1960s-era America
- “This is Tomorrow,” at London's Whitechapel Gallery in 1956, was reportedly the first Pop art exhibition
- A reaction to postwar mass consumerism
- Transitioning away from Abstract Expressionism
- Informed by neo-Dada and artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg; influenced postmodernism and Photorealism
CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART
- Bold imagery
- Bright, vivid colors
- Straightforward concepts
- Engagement with popular culture
- Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media
POP ARTISTS TO KNOW
- Richard Hamilton
- Andy Warhol
- Marta Minujín
- Claes Oldenburg
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Rosalyn Drexler
- James Rosenquist
- Peter Blake
- Roy Lichtenstein
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.
Questions About Peter Max
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021How much a Peter Max painting is worth will be determined by its condition, the presence of a signature, size and other factors. 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 a deep interest in American pop culture — namely comic books, jazz and cinema — that would inform his bold and graphic paintings. His prints can be found for less than approximately $1,000 but his paintings have sold for between $10,000 and $20,000 over the years. Find original Peter Max paintings on 1stDibs.
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