Attempted Bloggery: Peter Max

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

Donald Duck to the Max

On Independence Day ten years ago, I posted a serigraph by Peter Max of the Statue of Liberty. The eBay seller had come to my attention after selling the original art to Ilonka Karasz's 1955 poison ivy cover for The New Yorker. I was perplexed that the 1994 Max serigraph had a 2005 copyright stamp on the verso. It could have been a listing error by the seller, I suppose, or a stamp that was added after the fact to

unsold inventory. Whatever the case, I was unable to resolve the issue which I noted on another Max serigraph from the same seller.

Of all the colors in which Max depicted Walt Disney's Donald Duck, the variant with the red beak is my least favorite. Like the Statue of Liberty print, it is numbered 18 in its respective series, here out of 500. It is also dated 1994 with a later 2005 copyright stamp. Like the other Max serigraph, the seller guaranteed its authenticity provided returns were made in 14 days.

Peter Max
eBay listing ended August 27, 2013

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peter-Max-Disney-Donald-Duck-Serigraph-Limited-Edition-Hand-Signed-/140987205669?pt=UK_art_prints_GL&hash=item20d37e0825

Peter Max
eBay item description

Note: My thanks to David from Manhattan for suggesting the artist for today's post.

The eBay seller fast-fox-art of 2013 today goes by the name finefoxart. The seller has 100% positive feedback.

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Saturday, January 21, 2023

Peter Arno: Auction Postscript

After I bid unsuccessfully last week for two original works by New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno, Invaluable wrote to me to suggest other, similar works I might like to pursue. What do you suppose they came up with?

The algorithms recognize that someone interested in the work of Peter Arno may also be interested in work by Peter Max. It must be nice to be a programmer.

Note: This is reminiscent of what happened nearly a decade ago when I wrote a few posts about Walt Kelly's Pogo. See the aftermath of the algorithms we all live with here.

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Sunday, April 12, 2015

National Library Week: Peter Max

Whitney Darrow's poster for National Library Week in 1969 was aimed at the youngest readers. For the slightly older crowd, there was a psychedelic poster by Peter Max. The book at the bottom of the poster opens countless new vistas--including Mount Fuji--while the text once again reads, "Be all you can be. Read."

Peter Max, Poster for National Library Week 1969

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/26333847_national-library-week-posters-1-by-peter-max

Note: Why not check out my earlier blog posts about Peter Max, National Library Week, and posters?

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Peter Max: Statue of Liberty Serigraph

This serigraph entitled Statue of Liberty by Peter Max caught my eye because it's from the same U.K. eBay seller with the original Ilonka Karasz New Yorker cover art I wrote about just recently here. The serigraph is dated 1994, yet it bears a 2005 Peter Max copyright stamp, which concerns me just a tad. The seller has a slightly less-than-ironclad disclaimer as well regarding authenticity. Nevertheless, for my purposes, which is to celebrate America's independence in a colorful way, this will do just fine.