ID 728603
Lot 11 | SIR PETER BLAKE, R.A. (B. 1932)
Estimate value
£ 350 000 – 550 000
Doktor K. Tortur
Cryla and collage on hardboard, with found objects
24 x 10 in. (61 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted in 1965.
Provenance
Private collection, purchased at the 1965 exhibition.
Their Sale; Christie’s, London, 22 November 2002, lot 109, where purchased by Michael and Eva Chow.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Peter Blake, London, Robert Fraser Gallery, 1965, n.p., no. 16, illustrated on the cover.
H. Read, A Concise History of Modern Painting, London, 1980, p. 307, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Peter Blake, London, Tate Gallery, 1983, pp. 91-92, no. 57, illustrated.
M. Vaizey, Peter Blake, London, 1986, p. 42, pl. 33.
N. Rudd, Peter Blake, London, 2003, pp. 88, 90-91, fig. 76.
Exhibition catalogue, Pop Art UK: British Pop Art 1956-1972, Modena, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Palazzina dei Giardini, 2004, pp. 86 88-89, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
C. Grunenberg and L. Sillars (ed.), exhibition catalogue, Peter Blake A Retrospective, Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, 2007, p. 70, illustrated.
M. Livingstone, Peter Blake: One Man Show, Farnham, 2009, pp. 95, 232, no. 84, illustrated.
M. Livingstone and A. Lo lacono, exhibition catalogue, When Britain Went Pop - British Pop Art: The Early Years, London, Christie's Mayfair, 2013, pp. 217, 355, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
C. Preston (ed.), exhibition catalogue, Peter Blake: Collage, London, Waddington Custot, 2021, pp. 126, 265, 298, pl. 79.
Exhibited
London, Robert Fraser Gallery, Peter Blake, October - November 1965, no. 16.
London, Tate Gallery, Peter Blake, February - March 1983, no. 57.
Modena, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Palazzina dei Giardini, Pop Art UK: British Pop Art 1956-1972, April - July 2004, exhibition not numbered.
London, Christie's Mayfair, When Britain Went Pop - British Pop Art: The Early Years, October - November 2013, exhibition not numbered.
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Artist: | Peter Blake (1932) |
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Applied technique: | Collage |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Modern art |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Artist: | Peter Blake (1932) |
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Applied technique: | Collage |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Modern art |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Address of auction |
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