- 118
Sir Peter Blake, R.A. b. 1932
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
- Sir Peter Blake, R.A.
- Bernie Berni - Jewish/ Italian Mat Star
- signed and dated 1977
watercolour in the Artist's found Tunbridge ware frame
- 14.5 by 10cm., 5 3/4 by 4in. (23 by 19cm., 9 by 7 1/2 in. including frame)
Provenance
Waddington and Tooth Galleries, London whence purchased by the present owner, October 1977
Exhibited
London, Waddington and Tooth Galleries, Peter Blake: Souvenirs and Samples, April-May 1977, no.33, illustrated in colour on the cover of the exhibition catalogue and again inside;
London, Tate Gallery, Peter Blake, February-March 1983, no.176, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue p.116;
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Peter Blake, April-June 1983.
London, Tate Gallery, Peter Blake, February-March 1983, no.176, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue p.116;
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Peter Blake, April-June 1983.
Catalogue Note
The present work was exhibited at Waddington and Tooth Galleries as an example of Blake's Samples series. Falling into the 'Wrestlers' category (others included 'Self Portraits', 'Pictures about Postcards', 'Pop Art' and 'Record Covers') Bernie Berni was entirely a figment of Blake's imagination. Other stars of the wrestling arena created by Blake were 'Pretty Penny', 'The Duchess: Duchess of Doom - Mistress of Mayhem' and 'The Demolition Squad - Birmingham Drizzle and Lady Doctor versus the Nice Girls'.