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Peter Blake

Peter Blake

Artist

WA-00001301

PrintmakingPop Art

Representation

None documented

10

Institutional Exhibitions

79

Works in Collection

114

Assets Indexed

6

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Prints: Acquisitions 1977�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981–1982

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Extraordinary Men

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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British Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Narrative Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Posters in the Penthouse

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974–1975

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Recent Acquisitions, 1968�1973

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

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Pop Art Prints, Drawings, and Multiples

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1970

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Design for Use

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

Field Verification (5 fields)

0 cross-verified · 5 single-source

LocationGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%
BiographyUnknown· 30%
Birth yearUnknown· 30%
NationalityUnknown· 30%
Profile imageUnknown· 30%

Source Registry (2)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/peter-blake
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/592
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Pop Art

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

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Artworks (79)

I may not be a Ruralist anymore, but this morning I saw a fairy in my garden in Chiswick

I may not be a Ruralist anymore, but this morning I saw a fairy in my garden in Chiswick

2008 · Digital print and screenprint on paper

image: 360 x 300 mm

Pop-Tastic! The Definitive Pop Art Exhibition

Pop-Tastic! The Definitive Pop Art Exhibition

1998 · Envelope containing 7-inch vinyl record

cover: 7 3/8 × 7 1/2" (18.7 × 19 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1984 · Oil on canvas, mounted on wood

10 × 7 7/8 in. (25.4 × 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

‘The Meeting’ or ‘Have a Nice Day, Mr Hockney’

‘The Meeting’ or ‘Have a Nice Day, Mr Hockney’

1981 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 992 x 1244 mm

Illustration to the cover of ‘Face Dances’

Illustration to the cover of ‘Face Dances’

1981 · Lithograph on paper

image: 225 x 253 mm

Liberty as a ‘Suffolk Child by John Constable R.A.’

Liberty as a ‘Suffolk Child by John Constable R.A.’

1976 · Etching on paper, photograph, black and white, on paper, ink on tracing paper, postcard and 6 paper clips

support: 664 x 498 mm

Girl in a Poppy Field

Girl in a Poppy Field

1974 · Screenprint on paper

image: 413 x 273 mm

Midget

1974 · Wood engraving on tan Japanese paper

Image: 15.4 × 12.9 cm (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 26.5 × 21.1 cm (10 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Giant

1974 · Wood engraving on tan Japanese paper

Image: 15.4 × 12.9 cm (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 26.2 × 21.2 cm (10 3/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bearded Lady

1974 · Wood engraving on tan Japanese paper

Image: 15.4 × 12.9 cm (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 26.1 × 21.2 cm (10 5/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tattooed Man

1974 · Wood engraving on tan Japanese paper

Image: 15.4 × 12.9 cm (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 26.8 × 21.1 cm (10 9/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fat Boy

1974 · Wood engraving on tan Japanese paper

Image: 15.4 × 12.9 cm (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 21 cm (10 3/8 × 8 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Giant from Side Show

1974 · One from a portfolio of five wood engravings

composition: 6 1/16 x 5 1/8" (15.4 x 13 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Midget from Side Show

1974 · One from a portfolio of five wood engravings

composition: 6 1/16 x 5 1/8" (15.4 x 13 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bearded Lady from Side Show

Bearded Lady from Side Show

1974 · One from a portfolio of five wood engravings

composition: 6 1/16 x 5 1/8" (15.4 x 13 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fat Boy from Side Show

1974 · One from a portfolio of five wood engravings

composition: 6 1/16 x 5 1/8" (15.4 x 13 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1974 · Portfolio of five wood engravings

composition (each): 6 1/16 x 5 1/8" (15.4 x 13 cm); sheet (each approx.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tattooed Man from Side Show

Tattooed Man from Side Show

1974 · One from a portfolio of five wood engravings

composition: 6 1/16 x 5 1/8" (15.4 x 13 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1974 · Wood engraving; working proofs

image: 6 x 5 in. (15.2 x 12.7 cm) sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (26.7 x 21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tattoed Man (from Side Show)

1974 · Wood engraving; working proof

Image: 6 x 5 in. (15.2 x 12.7 cm) Sheet: 10 5/16 × 8 3/8 in. (26.2 × 21.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Giant (from Side Show)

1974 · Wood engraving; working proof

Image: 6 x 5 in. (15.2 x 12.7 cm) Sheet: 10 7/16 × 8 1/2 in. (26.5 × 21.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fat Boy (from Side Show)

1974 · Wood engraving; working proofs

image: 6 x 5 in. (15.2 x 12.7 cm) sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (26.7 x 21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Midget (from Side Show)

1974 · Wood engraving; working proofs

image: 6 x 5 in. (15.2 x 12.7 cm) sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (26.7 x 21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bearded Lady (from Side Show)

1974 · Wood engraving; working proof

Image: 6 x 5 in. (15.2 x 12.7 cm) Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 1/8 in. (26.7 × 20.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

79 published of 104 catalogued · 85 with image

Tate
35 published35 img
MoMA
23 publishedof 48 catalogued36 img
Art Institute Chicago
14 published14 img
The Met
7 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

J.A.
1969 · Tate · 1 prov
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‘Well, this is grand!’ said Alice
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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The Toy Shop
1962 · Tate · 1 prov
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Penny Black
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
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‘and to show you I’m not proud, you may shake hands with me!’
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Leo 153
1969 · Tate · 1 prov
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Just at this moment, somehow or other, they began to run
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Leo 139
1969 · Tate · 1 prov
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I may not be a Ruralist anymore, but this morning I saw a fairy in my garden in Chiswick
2008 · Tate · 1 prov
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‘and the two knights sat and looked at each other without speaking’
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

10 assets

The Canterbury Pilgrims (1810)

Art Institute of Chicago

Menalcas Watching Women Dance, from The Pastorals of Virgil (1821)

Art Institute of Chicago

Urizen (1794)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shepherd Chases Away Wolf, from The Pastorals of Virgil (1821)

Art Institute of Chicago

'The Man Sweeping the Interpreter's Parlour,' from Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress (1820–22)

Art Institute of Chicago

Colinet Departs in Sorrow: Riven Trunk at Right, from The Pastorals of Virgil (1821)

Art Institute of Chicago

Thenot Remonstrates with Colinet, Lightfoot in Background, from The Pastorals of Virgil (1821)

Art Institute of Chicago

Colinet's Journey: Milestone Marked LXII Miles to London, from The Pastorals of Virgil (1821)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

7

Movements1

Collections6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's Phillips

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

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