Lot 670: Peter Mars (American, b. 1959, act. New Orleans)

Peter Mars (American, b. 1959, active New Orleans, 1980s), "King Zulu", 1995, silkscreen and mixed media, pencil signed lower right, artist's stamp, title and dated en verso, 14 1/4 in. x 22 in., framed. Provenance: Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans Note: In 1982, Peter Mars moved from Portland, Oregon, to New Orleans, where he lived in the French Quarter. While working at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), he was introduced to the silkscreen printing, which became his favored medium. Mars moved to Chicago where he became an influencial American pop artist, his work reflecting and reinterrupting the popular culture of the 1960s and 1970s.