Lot 268
  • 268

Sir Peter Blake, R.A.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sir Peter Blake, R.A.
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Screenprint
  • images: approx. 24.2 by 17.8cm.; 9 1/2 by 7in.; sheets: approx. 66.3 by 51.2cm.; 26 1/8 by 20 1/8 in.
The complete set, comprising eight screenprints in colours, 1970, each signed in pencil, numbered 73/100, on wove paper, printed by Kelpra Studio, London, with their ink stamp, published by Waddington Graphics, London

Condition

Mostly with full margins, 'And to show you I'm not proud, you may shake hands with me' trimmed significantly, this sheet also laid down and with strips of prior adhesive around the edges recto, otherwise the works in good condition apart from pale paper discoloration, remains of prior adhesive verso, occasional light handling creases and minute tears at deckle edges of some sheets, a small indentation in the verso of 'So Alice picked him up very gently', each framed.
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