Tattooed Lady
Collage
1958 (made)
1958 (made)
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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.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Tattooed Lady (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache and collage mounted on red paper |
| Brief description | 'Tattooed Lady', black gouache and collage, mounted on red paper, by Peter Blake. Great Britain, 1958. |
| 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. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Peter Blake 1958 (Signed and dated lower right) |
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| Credit line | Given by the Contemporary Art Society |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | P.3-1972 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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