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Peter Max
Peter Max, "Better World"
Framed one-of-a-kind mixed media, hand signed
SKU AE-2026-PMX-02
Condition: New · Certificate of Authenticity
Auction estimate
$28,000–$42,000
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Goes up on live auction on June 27th
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$23,500
Peter Max — Peter Max, "Better World"
Only 1 of 1Buy now $23,500No buyer’s premiumA one-of-a-kind Peter Max — pure 1960s optimism, hand-signed, and impossible to duplicate.
The Story
"Better World" is Peter Max at his most hopeful: cosmic color, a figure reaching past the horizon, the whole surface vibrating with the psychedelic energy that made him the visual voice of a generation. This is not a print run — it is a unique mixed-media work. There is exactly one.
Max builds these by hand, layer over layer, letting acrylic bloom into saturated fields no screen can reproduce. Up close the brushwork is unmistakably his — fast, confident, joyful — and the color sits on the surface with a depth that flat reproductions simply flatten.
Unique Max works are the ones collectors chase, because scarcity here is absolute: when this one is claimed, there is no second chance, no later edition, no 'next time.'
Why collectors want this
- Unique work — one of one. No edition, no reprint, ever.
- Hand-signed by Peter Max, an icon of American pop art.
- Hand-layered acrylic color with depth no reproduction can capture.
- Framed and ready to hang the day it arrives.
About the Artist
Peter Max
German-American · b. 1937
Peter Max defined the look of the 1960s and 70s — his cosmic, color-drenched imagery appeared everywhere from postage stamps to the side of a Boeing 777, and he has painted for six U.S. presidents.
More than a pop icon, Max is a blue-chip name whose originals are held in major private collections worldwide. A signed, unique canvas is the trophy tier of his market — and the hardest to find on offer.
Specifications
- SKU
- AE-2026-PMX-02
- Condition
- New — with Certificate of Authenticity
- Artist
- Peter Max (b. 1937)
- Title
- "Better World"
- Style
- Neo-Expressionist / Pop
- Technique
- Acrylic & mixed media, hand-painted
- Support
- Heavyweight art paper
- Image size
- Approx. 18" × 24" (to be confirmed)
- Framed size
- Approx. 26" × 32" (to be confirmed)
- Frame
- Contemporary silver-tone gallery frame
- Signature
- Hand-signed by the artist
- Uniqueness
- 1 of 1 — unique work, not an edition
- Certificate
- Certificate of Authenticity included
Provenance
- Private collection.
- Documentation to accompany the work on transfer.
Condition
Excellent, as created. No condition issues noted. Detailed images available on request.
Authenticity
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity confirming it as a unique, hand-signed Peter Max original.
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