Don Punchatz (American, 1936-2009) original acrylic on board painting titled "For a Moderate Majority," signed with monogram lower right.

This painting appeared on page 89 of the April 1970 issue of Playboy magazine, illustrating an article by Josiah Lee Auspitz titled "For a Moderate Majority," with the caption, "The president of the progressive-republican ripon society foresees the emergence of a young elite whose political involvement will lead the nation toward a new pragmatic policy for the seventies and beyond."

LITERATURE: Arthur Paul, Beyond Illustration: The Art of Playboy, (Chicago: Playboy Magazine, 1971), catalogue accompanying an exhibition that traveled in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan between 1971 and 1974. 

Sight: 27.75 x 24 inches; Framed: 29 x 25.25 inches

PROVENANCE Property From the Playboy Archives