Autographs
Peter Max Signed & Inscribed 1989 Grammy Awards Poster
PETER MAX (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is a German-born Jewish American Artist best known for his "Cosmic Brownies" Pop Art style, as it came to be known in the 1960s.
1989-Dated, beautiful original Signed Poster for the 1989 Grammy Awards, 18" x 24" having outstanding, vibrant colors. This Poster showing a brightly colored Gramophone, painted in Max's bold style, Inscribed and Signed at bottom, "for Eileen Cove - Peter Max 1989." Trivial handling to corners, very bold vivid near mint condition. An impressive Poster that is excellent for framing and display!
In 1962 Max started a small Virgina arts studio known as "The Daly & Max Studio" with friend Tom Daly. Daly and Max were joined by friend and mentor Don Rubbo, and the three worked as a group on books and advertising for which they received industry recognition. Much of their work incorporated antique photographic images as elements of collage.
Max's interest in astronomy contributed to his self described "Cosmic '60s" period which featured what became identified as psychedelic, counter culture imagery. Max's art was popularized nationally through TV commercials such as his 1968 "un cola" ad for the soft drink 7-UP which helped drive sales of his very profitable art posters and other merchandise. He reportedly appeared on the The Tonight Show in 1968.
He was featured on the cover of LIFE magazine's Sept.-5-1969 edition under with the heading "Peter Max: Portrait of the artist as a very rich man."
U.S. postage stamp, featuring artwork by Peter Max, that commemorated Expo '74.
One of Peter Max's art galleries, at The Forum Shops at Caesars
Continental Airline's "Peter Max", a Boeing 777-200ER
In 1970, many of Max's products and posters were featured in the exhibition "The World of Peter Max" which opened at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco.
The US Postal Service commissioned Max to create the first 40c postage stamp to commemorate the Expo '74 World's Fair in Spokane, Washington.
July 4, 1976, Max began his Statue of Liberty series leading to his efforts with Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca to help spearhead the restoration of the statue.
1976 also saw the commissioning of Peter Max Paints America by the ASEA of Sweden. The book project commemorated America's bicentennial and included the following foreword. "Peter Max Paints America is based on works of art commissioned by ASEA of Sweden on the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, in sincere recognition of the historic bonds of friendship between the people of Sweden and the people of the United States, recalling that Sweden was one of the first countries to extend its hand in friendship to the new nation."
Max has been the official artist for many major events, including the 1994 World Cup and the Grammy Awards. In 2000, Max designed the paint scheme Dale Earnhardt drove at the Winston all-star race, strikingly deviating from Earnhardt's trademark black car.
(From Wikipedia)
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