Publication Date: 1974
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
framed. Condition: near fine. Signed first day cover of postage stamp commissioned for the Expo '74 World's Fair in Spokane, Washington. Framed and signed "Max". Please inquire for more information. Peter Max was a German-American artist known for using bright colors in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art. The United States Postal Service commissioned Max to create the 10-cent postage stamp to commemorate the Expo '74 World's Fair in Spokane, Washington, and Max drew a colorful psychedelic scene with a "Cosmic Jumper" and a "Smiling Sage" against a backdrop of a cloud, sun rays and a ship at sea on the theme of "Preserve the Environment." According to The New York Times, "His DayGlo-inflected posters became wallpaper for the turn on, tune in, drop out generation.".