Study for Royal Academy 1975 Summer Exhibition Poster

Details

Sir Peter Blake, R.A. (b. 1932)
Study for Royal Academy 1975 Summer Exhibition Poster
signed, inscribed, dedicated and dated 'Rough for RA. Poster. 1975./For Gordon with thanks/again!!! Peter Blake. 75.' (lower right)
ink, coloured pencil and collage
8 ½ x 8 ½ in. (21.6 x 21.6 cm.)

Provenance

Mr and Mrs Gordon House, their sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 12 July 2006, lot 281, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Peter Blake, London, Tate Gallery, 1983, p. 125, no. 229a, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Tate Gallery, Peter Blake, February - March 1983, no. 229a: this exhibition travelled to Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, April - June 1983.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

Blake was commissioned to design the poster for the 207th Summer Exhibition in 1975. This study does not closely resemble the finished poster, which includes parts of several of Blake's own works, for example Liberty in a Kimono (sold in these Rooms, 27 June 2012, for £289,250) and part of the abstract section of Got a Girl (exhibition catalogue, Peter Blake, London, Tate Gallery, 1983, p. 125, no. 229a, illustrated).

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