Live Auction 13296Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale
Sir Peter Blake, R.A. (b. 1932)
Lot 154

Sir Peter Blake, R.A. (b. 1932)

Study for Royal Academy 1975 Summer Exhibition Poster

Closed27 June 2017

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GBP 6,875

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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.)

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

Specialist note

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).