Daisy Fairy
Artist: Peter Blake (born 1932)
Location: Victoria Art Gallery
Date: 1981-1982
Materials: oil on hardboard with found frame
Dimensions: 28 x 16.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £11,880 (Total: £39,479)
Vendor: Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert
Review number: 5876 (2007)
Provenance:
Waddington Galleries, 1982; private collection, 1991; Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert.
Description:
Blake lived and worked near Bath from 1969 - 1979. During this time, the artist moved towards narrative and literary subjects including illustrations for Alice in Wonderland and a major series of fairy paintings. This work beautifully represents Blake's ruralist period and is the first Blake to enter the collection.
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