Buddy Rogers

Details

Sir Peter Blake, R.A. (b. 1932)
Buddy Rogers
signed 'Peter Blake' (lower right) and inscribed 'BUDDY ROGERS' (upper centre)
pencil, ink, watercolour and bodycolour
12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.8 cm.)
Executed in 1962.

Provenance

with Mayor Gallery, London.
with Robert Fraser Gallery, London.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Buddy Rogers was born Herman Rohde (1921-1992) and was a professional American wrestler. He was the first professional wrestler to hold both the WWWF Championship and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. In the 1960s Blake painted a series of wrestling pictures, including The Masked Zebra Kid, 1965 (Tate collection) and Kid McCoy, 1961-65 (private collection).

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