Triple Targets #42

Original silkscreen print by artist Peter Gee showing three panels of targets: on the left a lavender panel with lilac targets, in the middle a white panel with off-white targets, and on the right a light gray panel with periwinkle targets. The print is signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Peter Gee was a British-born artist who rose to prominence as part of the 60s pop art movement in New York. Before moving to Manhattan in 1962, Gee had achieved moderate success in Europe. At 18, he joined the British army as a graphic designer, and soon after, his work was exhibited in the galleries of Paris and London. It wasn’t until New York, however, that Peter Gee’s now iconic style really took off. A Peter Gee print is instantly recognizable: the arrangement of basic shapes, usually targets and daisies, over strips of color has an immediacy that is totally its own. Through his work, Gee balanced the technical and sensual. Certainly, a great degree of expertise was required to crea