Lot 70
  • 70

Sir Peter Blake, R.A.

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Sir Peter Blake, R.A.
  • The Deer Park (After Velasquez, 'The Boar Hunt') In Memory of Michael Andrews1928-1995
  • signed on overlap
  • oil on canvas
  • 101.5 by 126.5cm.; 40 by 49¾in.

Provenance

The artist
Private Collection, USA

Exhibited

London, National Gallery, Now we are 64: Peter Blake at the National Gallery, 25 September 1996 - 5 January 1997; with tour to The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, illustrated in the catalogue p.29; Liverpool, Tate, Peter Blake: A Retrospective, 29 June - 23 September 2007, illustrated in the catalogue p.161;
Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Peter Blake Retrospectiva, 3 March - 22 June 2008, cat. no.87, illustrated in the catalogue.

Condition

The canvas appears to be in good original condition. There are a couple of small scuffs to the paint surface along the upper right edge. Otherwise the paint surface is in good overall condition. There is no sign of retouching under ultra-violet light. Held in a wooden rectilinear frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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