Daisy Fairy

Peter Blake (born 1932)

Victoria Art Gallery

1981-1982

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.

• Medium: oil on hardboard with found frame
• Dimensions: 28 x 16.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £11880 ( Total: £39,479)
• ArtFunded in: 2007
• Vendor: Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert

Provenance

Waddington Galleries, 1982; private collection, 1991; Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert.

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