Kunta Girl (from Timbuctoo); Javanese Woman; Japanese Woman

Details

Sir Peter Blake, R.A. (b. 1932)
Kunta Girl (from Timbuctoo); Javanese Woman; Japanese Woman
the first signed and dated 'Peter Blake 1968' (lower right) and inscribed 'Page 95. "Nature & Culture - Woman" 1926. Kunta Girl (from Timbuctoo). No. 1.' (centre); the second signed and dated 'Peter Blake 1968.' (lower right) and inscribed 'Page 105. "Nature & Culture - Woman" 1926. Javanese Woman No. 2.' (centre); the third signed and dated 'Peter Blake. 1968' (lower right) and inscribed 'Page 102. "Nature & Culture - Woman" 1926. Japanese Woman. No. 3.' (centre)
pencil
each sheet 22 ¾ x 17 ½ in. (58 x 43.6 cm.)
image 7 x 5 ¼ in. (17.7 x 13 cm.) and smaller
(3)

Provenance

with Robert Fraser Gallery, London.
with Galeria Galatea, Turin.

Exhibited

London, Waddington and Tooth Galleries, Peter Blake, Souvenirs and Samples, April - May 1977, no. 19, as 'Plate 106. Javanese Woman.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Brought to you by

Pippa Jacomb

pjacomb@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2293

Lot Essay

The present three drawings form part of a series that Blake undertook between 1973 and 1977 titled `Nature and Culture, Woman'. The images were taken from a group of 120 photographs selected by Dr Peter Landow and published in 1928. The nudes were all designated by their country of origin, hence the titles that Blake has given them.

More from Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale

View All