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Black gouache and collage - Tattoed Lady

Tattoed Lady

  • Object:

    Black gouache and collage

  • Place of origin:

    Great Britain, UK (made)

  • Date:

    1958 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Peter Blake, born 1932 (artist)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Gouache and collage mounted on red paper

  • Credit Line:

    Given by the Contemporary Art Society

  • Museum number:

    P.3-1972

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, room WS, case R, shelf 3, box R

  • Image in copyright

Physical description

Half length portrait of a lady in gouache covered in a collage of tattoos from the neck down, made up of stickers of Spanish footballers and children holding bunches of flowers, animals and cars amongst other packaging ephemera circa 1950s. Signed and dated by the artist.

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (made)

Date

1958 (made)

Artist/maker

Peter Blake, born 1932 (artist)

Materials and Techniques

Gouache and collage mounted on red paper

Marks and inscriptions

Peter Blake 1958

Dimensions

Height: 68.6 cm, Width: 53.4 cm

Descriptive line

Black gouache and collage entitled 'Tattoed Lady', mounted on red paper, by Peter Blake. Great Britain, 1958.

Materials

Gouache; Red paper

Techniques

Painting; Collage

Subjects depicted

Female; Tattoo

Categories

Paintings; Body Art; Collages

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O1069273
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