Tiny T.N.T. Tantrum The Pocket Prince A Midget Wrestler
Woodcut
1973 (made)
1973 (made)
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This print is a wood engraving by one of the most important British artists of the 20th century, Sir Peter Blake. Much of Blake’s work is influenced by popular culture and entertainment, combining images of film actors, pop stars and strippers with words and throw-away consumer products. This print refers to professional show wrestling. In the 1970s Blake created a series of images of wrestlers, real and fictitious, some of which are in the Museum’s print collection (Museum nos. E.359, 360 and 361: 1974).
Blake often worked in painting or collage, but this print is made with the more traditional technique of wood engraving. This combined with the modern subject matter creates a tension between old and new, the worlds of long-established printmaking and trashy late 20th-century pop culture.
Blake often worked in painting or collage, but this print is made with the more traditional technique of wood engraving. This combined with the modern subject matter creates a tension between old and new, the worlds of long-established printmaking and trashy late 20th-century pop culture.
Object details
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| Title | Tiny T.N.T. Tantrum The Pocket Prince A Midget Wrestler (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Wood engraving on paper |
| Brief description | 'Tiny T.N.T. Tantrum The Pocket Prince A Midget Wrestler', a woodcut print by Peter Blake, British, 1973 |
| Physical description | Print showing a small man, wearing a hat and an overcoat, looking up at a taller man who can be seen from the waist down. Signed, dated, titled and numbered by the artist. |
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| Style | |
| Copy number | 66/100 |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'TINY T.N.T. TANTRUM / THE POCKET PRINCE / A MIDGET WRESTLER' |
| Gallery label | As one of the most important artists of the British Pop Art movement, Peter Blake’s adoption of wood engraving is unexpected. This print is from a series that reflects his nostalgic interest in wrestling, circuses and fairground attractions. His precise technique has the appearance of a photograph, and derives from Victorian wood engravings that appeared in the Illustrated London News.(August 2019) |
| Credit line | Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This print is a wood engraving by one of the most important British artists of the 20th century, Sir Peter Blake. Much of Blake’s work is influenced by popular culture and entertainment, combining images of film actors, pop stars and strippers with words and throw-away consumer products. This print refers to professional show wrestling. In the 1970s Blake created a series of images of wrestlers, real and fictitious, some of which are in the Museum’s print collection (Museum nos. E.359, 360 and 361: 1974). Blake often worked in painting or collage, but this print is made with the more traditional technique of wood engraving. This combined with the modern subject matter creates a tension between old and new, the worlds of long-established printmaking and trashy late 20th-century pop culture. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.866-2003 |
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| Record created | August 31, 2004 |
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