SIR PETER BLAKE, R.A. (B. 1932) - photo 1

SIR PETER BLAKE, R.A. (B. 1932)

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Lot 11 | SIR PETER BLAKE, R.A. (B. 1932)
SIR PETER BLAKE, R.A. (B. 1932)

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)
Applied technique:Collage
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plastic
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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