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Peter Blake - Pandamonium 1

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Peter Blake

World Wrestling Federation
Mixed media
H 30cm

Lot no: 14

Through Blake’s light-hearted approach, the little bear’s simple misunderstanding of ‘WWF’ acts as a metaphor for the breakdown of understanding and communication in today’s society.

“I think I’ve made the piece with a sense of humour and jest, and in a way re-airing the question: ‘What does WWF stand for?’. What my little bear is doing is making a mistake… thinking that it means World Wrestling Federation, whereas the big ‘WWF’ certainly implies it’s not that.”

Estimated value: £15,000 - £20,000

Peter Blake

Peter Blake is known as the father of British Pop Art, and is probably one of the UK’s most celebrated artists. Born in 1932 in Dartford, Kent, Blake attended Gravesend School of Art and then went on to study at the Royal College of Art From 1953-1956. He co-designed the cover for the Beatles’ famous Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album – the most iconic album cover ever. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1981, was awarded a CBE in 1983 and a knighthood in 2002.





Selected exhibitions
1983 Tate Gallery, London (retrospective); touring to Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
1996-97 Now We Are 64: Peter Blake at the National Gallery, London; touring to
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
2000 Peter Blake: About Collage, Tate Liverpool
2005 Peter Blake 1-10 (Collages, Constructions, Drawings and Sculpture)
and The Marcel Duchamp Paintings, Waddington Galleries, London
2007 Peter Blake: A Retrospective, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool; touring to
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao

Selected public collections
Baltimore Museum of Art
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Sintra Museum of Modern Art, Portugal – The Berardo Collection
Tate Gallery, London

Sir Peter Blake - Pandamonium

The auction

The pieces were auctioned on 12 October 2009 at Selfridges, Oxford Street, London to raise funds for WWF.

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