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Peter Blake, b.1932. Artist
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? Photograph by John Swannell, Camera Press London

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Peter Blake, b.1932. Artist 1982
This is a captivating and slightly unnerving portrait of the artist Peter Blake. It shows the artist backed into a corner of his home in west London with windows on either side and caught in the bright flash from the camera. Blake is renowned as a pioneer of Pop Art in Britain but he is perhaps best known for designing the sleeve of The Beatles `Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band? from 1967. His work combined images from pop culture and fine art and often includes elements of collage. In 2002 Blake received a knighthood for his services to art.

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  • Acc. No. PGP 180.8
  • Medium Silver gelatine print
  • Size 30.00 x 37.00 cm
  • Credit Gift 1988

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