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Collection François Meyer: A Colorful Passion
Piece of Marilyn Monroe's Dressing Room Door
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October 3, 05:34 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Collection François Meyer: A Colorful Passion
Peter Blake
b. 1932
Piece of Marilyn Monroe's Dressing Room Door
signed and dated 1962 then 1987 (on the reverse)
enamel, postcard, pushpins, printed paper lettering, glitter and paper collage on wood door
19¼ by 23¾ in.
48.9 by 60.3 cm.
Executed in 1962 and reworked in 1987.
Waddington Galleries, London
Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
Private Collection, Tokyo (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's New York, 21 September 2012, lot 274 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Tokyo, Nishimura Gallery, Peter Blake Deja Vu, May 1988, no. 13, front cover and p. 43, illustrated in color
Tate Liverpool, Peter Blake: A Retrospective, June - September 2007, pp. 54 - 55, illustrated in color
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Peter Blake Retrospectiva, March - June 2008, no. 23, p. 57, illustrated in color
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