Lot Essay
'When Schwitters made the first collage by literally picking up a piece of rubbish, a sweet wrapper, a bus ticket and a piece of wood, that was pure invention' (Peter Blake).
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In Homage to Kurt Schwitters
Details
Sir Peter Blake, R.A. (b. 1932)
In Homage to Kurt Schwitters
signed, inscribed and dated 'IN HOMAGE TO KURT SCHWITTERS/Peter Blake 1987' (on the reverse)
collage and found objects on panel
39 3/8 x 23 in. (100 x 58.5 cm.)
In Homage to Kurt Schwitters
signed, inscribed and dated 'IN HOMAGE TO KURT SCHWITTERS/Peter Blake 1987' (on the reverse)
collage and found objects on panel
39 3/8 x 23 in. (100 x 58.5 cm.)
Provenance
with Crane Kalman Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in March 2010.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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