Sale 7835
London
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12 February 2010
Price realised
GBP 12,500
Estimate
Peter Blake (b. 1932) Boy Fairy 6 - Study for 'Once Upon a Time' signed and dated 'Peter Blake. 84' (lower right) oil on canvasboard 7 x 5in. (17.8 x 12.7cm.) Painted in 1984
Provenance
Waddington Galleries Ltd., London. Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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Literature
Peter Blake: A Retrospective, exh. cat., London, Tate Liverpool, 2007 (illustrated in colour, p. 121).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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