Peter Max (b. 1937) USA, Original Acrylic on Canvas Gramophone. Peter Max is one of the foremost leaders of the Pop Art movement of the last half of the 20th century. Max was born in Berlin and fled to Shanghai with his family shortly before World War II. His family stayed there for ten years, then moved to Haifa, Israel in 1948. Eventually he settled in Brooklyn and New York City and became associated with psychedelic art and pop art.
Provenance: Louis Michael Schultz –An Advertising Man’s Ad ManAn ad man of exceptional vision and depth. To say that Lou Schultz hadadvertising in his blood- would be like saying that Babe Ruth could hit a little.An understatement of a great man, a great ad man who prided himself as a being agreat listener who know how to take care of his clients. A dreamer and doer – herose to the highest echelon of Campbell Ewald in his home town of Detroit –tackling the competitive automotive ad business with the vigor of one those bigblock V-Eights the town was renowned for back in the day. The following jobtitles tip the iceberg of this behemoth of ad man- but only tell part of his greatstory.Staff Campbell-Ewald, Warren, Michigan, 1967-1974, vice president groupdirector, 1975-1977, senior vice president, associate director, 1977-1982, groupsenior vice president, 1982-1983, executive vice president, 1984-1987, Lintas:United States of America, 1987-1994. Chairman Lintas: World War MediaCouncil, 1991. Member development council IPG, New York City, since 1984.President, Chief Executive Officer Civil Engineering Communications, since 1994.Vice chairman Campbell-Ewald, 1998-1999. Chairman, Chief Executive OfficerInitiative Media North America, Los Angeles, since 2000. Chairman InitiativeMedia World War, 2000.Those are the bullet points.The highlights of a successful life lived at the heights of a life in the competitiveworld of advertising. They look great on paper.But they merely scratch the surface of this great ad man who took on everychallenge as he took on his many clients who trusted him with their good namesand products over the years.Bold. Bright. Competitive. A winner. Lou Schultz was the guy you wanted incharge of your ad campaign. And when it came to the media buy – well there wasno one finer to ensure that your product would be seen in the brightest and bestlight. A renegade and a rebel - with a hint of Don Draper and the guts of ariverboat gambler. A straight shooting ad man who always made his client’smoney and their products look good.
Overall Size: 26 1/2 x 24 in. Sight Size: 12 x 9 in.