Guardia Civil

Details

Sir Peter Blake, R.A. (b. 1932)
Guardia Civil
signed and dated 'Peter Blake. 1957.' (lower right)
oil on board
11 3/8 x 8¼ in. (28.9 x 21 cm.)

Provenance

with Waddington Galleries, London.
Erik and Lilott Berganus.
with Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Peter Blake, London, Tate Gallery, 1983, p. 77, illustrated.

Exhibited

Darmstadt, Kunsthalle, Realismus und Realistat, 1975, no. 14.
London, Tate Gallery, Peter Blake, February - March 1983, no. 12.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

'The sitter was the local policeman in the village near Tarragona [near Barcelona] where Blake stayed with Joe Tilson, during his travels on his Leverhulme Scholarship to study popular arts. The policeman would pause each day for half an hour while Blake painted' (see exhibition catalogue, Peter Blake, London, Tate Gallery, 1983, p. 77).

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