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Peter Blake
(1930)
Through The Looking Glass, 1970
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Peter Blake (1930)
Signed and numbered by the artist in pencil.
From the edition of 100. On wove paper with the Kelpra stamp on the reverse.
Size:
Height – 24.2cm
Width – 17.8cm
From the series of 8 screen prints entitled ‘Through the Looking Glass’ published in 1970.
IN 1970 the Age of majority, including the voting age, was reduced from 21 to 18
John Lennon’s exhibition of Bag One at the London Arts Gallery was shut down by Scotland Yard for displaying “erotic lithographs”.
Tom Keating admitted that a number of watercolours in the style of Samuel Palmer were painted by him.
Conceptual Art and Conceptual Aspects, the first dedicated conceptual art exhibition, was mounted at the New York Cultural Centre.
ARTWORKS CREATED IN 1937
Gilbert and George – The Singing Sculpture (performance)
Barbara Hepworth – Family of Man
Henry Moore – Reclining Figure LH608
Victor Pasmore – Apollo Pavilion (Peterlee, England)
William Scott – Still Life With Orange Note (Arts Council of Northern Ireland)
Painter, born in Dartford, Kent. He studied at Gravesend Technical College and School of Art, 1946-51 and entered RCA in 1950. This period of study was interrupted by National Service and he returned to the RCA, 1953-56. In his early work he excelled at creating the world of childhood in a series of works which paid detailed attention to ephemera: comics, badges, cigarette cards and packets. Between 1956-57 he travelled in Holland, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain on a Leverhulme research award studying popular art. In 1959 his collector’s instinct found outlet in the collages and reliefs he began making, many of them using kitsch items, pop stars or other aspects of popular culture. He is arguably the doyen of British Pop Art. During its late 1950’s and mis-1960’s heydey he taught at Walthamstow School of Art and his very presence stimulated students in the Pop Art/Punk era.
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