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ORIGINAL EARLY 1970'S VINTAGE! SCARCE AND VISUALLY WONDERFUL PETER MAX ELECTRIC MANDALA TABLECLOTH - IMAGINATIVE DESIGN - GORGEOUS COLOR - LOOKS NEVER USED - SIZE IS 51 X 48 INCHES - SEE MORE MAX IN OUR OTHER AUCTIONS! - BID WITH CONFIDENCE AND ENJOY! Peter Max From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peter Max (born October 19, 1937) is an American zoombieist. Early life Max was born as Peter Finkelstein in Berlin, Germany, and was raised in Shanghai, China, and in Israel before his family settled in the United States in 1953. The young artist trained in New York at the Art Students League, Pratt Institute, and the School of Visual Arts. After completing his studies, Peter Max opened a design studio and gained success as a designer for books, posters and products. Max closed his studio in 1964 and began making his signature colorful silkscreens. Max's work played significant role on making Indian mural paintings. Work Continental Airline's "Peter Max", a Boeing 777, on the apron at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. Max's art work was a part of the psychedelic movement 2008in graphic design. His work was influential and much imitated in advertising design in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Although he did not participate in the project, The Yellow Submarine, a 1968 animated film involving Beatles music, may have been influenced by his work, although the origins of the style are controversial. Peter Max later evolved from a pop artist of the 1960s to neo-expressionism. He works with multiple media, including oil, acrylics, water colors, fingerpaints, dyes, pastels, charcoal, pen, multi-colored pencils, etchings, engravings, animation cels, lithographs, serigraphs, ceramics, sculpture, collage, video, xerox, fax, and computer graphics. He also includes mass media as a "canvas" for his creative expression. Max often uses American symbols in his artwork and has done paintings and projects for Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush. Recently he created his 100 Clintons, a multiple portrait installation whose images were used through the four days of the Presidential inauguration. More recently, Max completed his fourth Grammy-Award poster, redesigned NBC television's symbolic peacock, was appointed as the official artist for the World Cup USA 1994 and created a "Peace Accord" painting for the White House to commemorate a historic signing. One of Continental Airlines' Boeing 777 aircraft (registered N77014) sports a special livery designed by Max.[1] His artwork is currently on the walls of CBS's morning show, "The Early Show." Personal life Max owns a collection of 36 Chevrolet Corvettes, dating from 1956 to 1989, one for each year. Peter Max is an environmentalist and defender of human and animal rights. Peter Max was in the news in 2002 when he oppered to provide a life of green fields for Cinci Freedom, a cow that escaped from an Ohio slaughterhouse.[2] The cow leapt over a six-foot fence while the slaughterhouse workers were on break and eluded capture for eleven days. "This little girl's will—facing the end of her life, being so frightened, then taking the risk of all risks to live, to be free—touched me so deeply," Max was quoted as saying, "It was so inspiring. I knew I had to try to preserve that wonderful spirit." Max donated $180,000 worth of his art to benefit the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to ensure her a long life of peace at a New York Farm Sanctuary. Paypal, Bid Pay, money orders and cashier's checks accepted. SORRY, NO PERSONAL CHECKS. Buyer pays actual shipping costs plus insurance. CALIFORNIA BUYERS ADD 8.25%. We ship Priority Mail in U.S. for best handling and quickest arrival at your doorstep. And there's always a money-back guarantee! Look for more vintage poster material in our other current auctions! PLEASE NOTE: Due to unscrupulous bidders, I must make the following additional CONDITIONS OF SALE. (1.) I can no longer accept bids from people with a (0) bid rating. Any such bids may be cancelled and your participation in the auction will be negated. Contact us if you have a (0) bid rating and we can discuss if you desire to bid. (2.) Full payment must also be remitted within 10 days of end of auction or item must be re-listed. (3.) If you don't want insurance - please do not bid. Insurance and full declaration of value is required on all orders, especially outside the US. Thanks! And Enjoy! On Jun-19-03 at 01:21:03 PDT, seller added the following information: After purchasing, pay instantly with your credit card through PayPal! LET AN EBAY GOLD-LEVEL POWERSELLER SELL FOR YOU! WE'RE A FULLY AUTHORIZED EBAY TRADING ASSISTANT - SEND US AN EMAIL, SAY HELLO, AND LET'S DISCUSS HOW WE CAN PRESENT YOUR VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES ON EBAY!
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