DESCRIPTION: Vividly designed in the bold graphic style of the late 1960s, this unrecorded original black light poster features a stylized Earth composed of interlocking puzzle pieces, with one section shaped like a dove removed from the globe. The missing “piece” appears above, transformed into a green dove bearing a black peace symbol, carrying a cartoon-like figure in a space helmet. At lower right, the caption reads in block lettering: “THE WORLD IS A PUZZLE WITH ONE PEACE MISSING.”
This imaginative image reflects the optimism and visual wit of the 1960s counterculture art scene, combining Pop-Art color, psychedelic simplicity, and the peace iconography that became synonymous with the era’s anti-war movement. The use of flat, saturated color fields—blue, green, and brown—echoes mid-century silkscreen printing aesthetics.
Likely issued in the late 1960s or early 1970s, this poster exemplifies the visual language of the global peace movement, pairing humor and idealism in a single, striking composition. An excellent example of period graphic design appealing to collectors of mid-century poster art and peace memorabilia.
Published by Hip Products, Chicago, Illinois. 1970.
Hip Products, Inc. was a Chicago-based printer/publisher active in the late 1960s and into the early 1970s, best known for bright, youth-culture wall posters—especially black-light and peace-movement graphics sold through head shops and college bookstores. Surviving examples frequently carry imprints such as “© 1969 HIP PRODUCTS CHICAGO” in the lower margin, confirming both place and period of production.
Their catalog leaned hard into the psychedelic look: flat, saturated color, simple slogans, and high-contrast screens designed to pop under UV light.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1970
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: N/A
CONDITION: Good.
Light surface wrinkles. One soft vertical diagonal fold near center.
COLORING: Process color.
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 29
" x
21 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 130
PRICE: $175
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