PETER BLAKE C.B.E., R.A. (BRITISH B.1932) §
STUDIO TACK-BOARD
£750
Auction: 16 March 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A/P, signed in pencil, offset lithograph, from an edition of 100 with 15 A/Ps, published by Curwen Press, London, 1972
Dimensions
96cm x 135cm (37.75in x 53in)
Footnote
Note: We are delighted to offer a collection of prints that were produced for the exhibition 'Fourteen Big Prints', organised by Bernard Jacobson and held in his gallery in 1972.
Jacobson had decided to invite a variety of contemporary artists who he had known for a long time, and whose work he thought would look good on a large scale. His intention was that the exhibition would draw a new audience to contemporary art, in the hope that 'perhaps one day the general public will realise that art didn't in fact end with Van Gogh.'
The catalogue included comments and correspondence from each of the artists or their peers on the artistic process and included work.
'This print is the most recent in a long line of pictures using post-cards as an image, and often making some sort of comment on "reality."'
'A glimpse at the usually private world of the artists studio.'