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Why is Peter Blake famous?
Peter Blake is famous because he was instrumental in the development of a major 20th-century art movement. Specifically, he is widely regarded as the “godfather of British Pop art.” Blake created paintings, collages and prints that blend modernity and nostalgia. While best known now for designing the album cover for the Beatles’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, he considered painting to be central to his oeuvre. Celebrity figures such as Marilyn Monroe informed Blake's work, and folk art, fairground signs and an overall sense of nostalgia influenced his style. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Peter Blake art.
1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
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Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band
By Peter Blake
Located in Norwich, GB
Hand printed silkscreen print, numbered and signed by Sir Peter Blake. The original photograph for the cover was taken at Michale Cooper's Flood Street Studio in Chelsea on March 30th 1967. The copyright of the photo remains with Apple, the Beatles management company. In 2007, after 40 years of trying, Peter Blake managed to get the Beatles to agree to publish a limited edition of 500 silkscreen prints on 410gsm Somerset cotton linter archive fine art paper medium, with the sheet size being 27 inches high by 26.25 inches wide. The image size being 19.5 inches square. Archival pigment inks were used with specialist glazing and an additional spot varnishing. 29 screens were hand applied to print the edition, being 27 colours plus 2 glazes. Every print bears the Apple logo embossed in the bottom centre. Published by Pete Smith of Pierre Optique, who negotiated the rights, Peter Blake was paid £10 for each signature and allowed to keep the 50 Artists Proofs. No 499 and No 500/500 were purchased by the Saint Giles Street Gallery and No 499 was embellished on the mount with original ticket stubs, bubblegum cards, official SPLHCB stamps issued by the Royal Mail along with other sundry paper ephemera and sent to Dublin to the Leinster Gallery to form part of their Unseen Beatles Show of Frank Herrmann...
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20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Peter Blake 100 SOURCES OF POP Diamond Dust Screenprint, 51"H
By Peter Blake
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Peter Blake (British, b. 1932) Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 162/175; 2014 Materials: screenprint with diamond dust, glitter and glazes Dimensions (H,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Marilyn s Door
By Peter Blake
Located in London, GB
Silkscreen on Paper Published by CCA Galleries printed at Coriander Studios hand-signed and numbered by the artist 82 cm x 59.5 cm Edition 175 Peter Blake is a celebrated British a...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Interior Prints

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Screen

R is for Rainbow, Pop Art Collotype Poster by Peter Blake
By Peter Blake
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Blake, British (1932 - ) - R is for Rainbow, Year: 1968, Medium: Collotype Poster, Size: 15.75 x 10.5 in. (40.01 x 26.67 cm), Frame Size: 23.25 x 18 inches, Publisher: Dod...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Penny Black 1972 From the The Wrestlers Series, Signed Edition
By Peter Blake
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Sir Peter Thomas Blake Title: Penny Black Year: 1972 Print: Lithograph on Heavy Paper Dimensions: Paper: 18’’ x 11 3/4’’ Image: 8 1/4’’ x 4 1/4’’ Edition: Signed and Numbere...
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1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

V is for Valentine
By Peter Blake
Located in New York, NY
Peter Blake V is for Valentine (from the Alphabet Series), 1991 Silkscreen in colors on wove paper 40 2/5 × 30 3/5 inches Hand signed, titled and numbered 49/95 on the front Published by Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios from the Alphabet Series Unframed An exquisite print with romantic imagery in a sweet, romantic pastel pink. 'V for Valentine' is from Blake's 1991 series of alphabet letters. This tender and sentimental piece comprises a collection of antique valentine...
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

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