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Collection François Meyer: A Colorful Passion

Peter Blake

Piece of Marilyn Monroe's Dressing Room Door

Lot Closed

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