The daughter of the celebrated artist is suing the New York courts over claims that he is being mistreated in a case that could affect the entire system
The daughter of a celebrated pop artist who created famous images of the “cosmic sixties” is suing the New York court system over what she claims are secretive communications between her father’s court-appointed guardian and judges that drastically impact his life and violate her basic rights.on Wednesday in which she alleges that her father, Peter Max, 84, is being held in virtual isolation by a court-appointed guardian.
The lawsuit, lodged with the civil division of the southern district of New York, claims Lissner tightly restricts visits to Max from family and friends including Libra, who is only able to visit her father – in the home in which she was born and raised – on very proscribed terms.
Such secretive communications have left Libra Max legally “blindfolded and thus blindsided”, the lawsuit says, “robbed her of her ability to fairly advocate for her father’s freedom … and ultimately robbed Peter of precious years with his loved ones”.ex parte Celli added: “This is the bedrock of our justice system and it ensures fairness. This emblematic case is the first of its kind but it won’t be the last. The shroud of secrecy over the guardianship system must be lifted.”Neither Lissner or the office of court administration that oversees New York’s guardianship courts immediately responded to a request for a comment on the lawsuit. Lissner, Max’s guardian since 2019, has denied the allegations and is suing Libra Max for defamation.
He was born Peter Max Finkelstein in 1937 in Berlin, to German Jewish parents. He grew up in Shanghai, Haifa and Paris before moving to Brooklyn at 16.
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