May 25, 2017 - Sale 2449

Sale 2449 - Lot 307

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
PETER GEE (1932-2005) DHR / CAMP SYSTEMS INC.
40x36 3/4 inches, 101 1/2x93 1/4 cm.
Condition A. Silkscreen. Paper.
British-born Peter Gee came to America in 1962 and quickly became a prominent Pop Artist. He was active within the commercial world; he designed posters for major clients such as Merrill Lynch and also had a long-time association with the fashion designer Betsy Johnson. He worked extensively with color theory and taught color workshops at School of Visual Arts in New York, the Rhode Island School of Design and at the Harvard School of Architecture. Perhaps the pinnacle of his artistic career was when his work was included in the 1968 Word and Image poster exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art, alongside such other luminaries as Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana and Roy Lichtenstein.