PETER BLAKE ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS SIGNED ARTIST PROOF PRINT.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:00:00 PM)
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Auction #199 - Part II
Item numbers 973 through 2378 in auction 199
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Item Description
Sir Peter Blake is one of the leading figures in British pop art. Best known for designing the iconic album cover to the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (on which he included his friend Richard Merkin), Blake’s work is inspired by his love affair with icons and the ephemera of popular culture. High quality screenprint on paper 19.75x26” overall with image area at center of 7x9.5”. From a series of 8 different prints issued in 1970 featuring Blake’s choice watercolor art based on Alice and her adventures. Blake was originally commissioned in 1969 to illustrate Alice books, but the cost of the books eventually became prohibitive, so he took the art he had created for that project and produced this series of prints. This print is titled “And To Show You I’m Not Proud, You May Shake Hands With Me!” and features Alice with Humpty Dumpty. Prints in this series were limited editions of just 100, but this is a much more limited unnumbered artist proof noted in pencil “A/P” and signed by Blake at lower right corner below art. Framed, N. Mint and ready for display. All prints in the series are highly sought after and artist proofs are rarely seen. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake’s COA.
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