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Creator:
Print made by Sir Peter Blake, born 1932
Title:
Penny Black from The Wrestlers series
Additional Title(s):
Penny Black
Part Of:

Collective Title: The Wrestlers

Date:
1972
Materials & Techniques:
Screen print on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/16 x 11 13/16in. (45.9 x 30cm), Image: 9 3/16 x 4 1/2 inches (23.3 x 11.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, on front, center left under image: "60/125"; on back, lower right: "P56[...]"

Marked, on back, lower left: "(Stamp of a square with a bold 'K' in the center, below the square is the number series 8061)"

Lettered, in black ink, lower center: "PENNY | BLACK"

Signed below image in graphite, lower right: "Peter Blake"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Anthoine
Copyright Status:
© The Artist
Accession Number:
B1984.29.5
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
African | black | figure study | nude | Pop art | portrait | pose | rectangle | red | screen print | smiling | wrestler | wrestlers | yellow
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:45151
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