Artist Monograph

Peter Blake, British

British, born 1932

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	13	52%
Engraving	6	24%
Lithography	2	8%
Watercolor	2	8%
Other Media	1	4%
Drawing	1	4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	23	92%
Architecture & Design	2	8%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 19
Drawing — 3
Design — 2
Audio — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	10	66.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	33.3%

Range: 11.7 cm → 66.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1965	1
1967	1
1972	9
1976	2
1977	1
1978	1
1979	6
1997	1
2013	1
2014	2

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 25 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The Beach Boys from The Institute of Contemporary Arts Portfolio Print Acc. 522.1965	1964	Screenprint	composition: 20 13/16 × 12 1/16" (52.9 × 30.7 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 × 20 1/16" (76 × 51 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Colin Macinnes Drawing Acc. 2358.1967	1966	Pencil and colored pencil on paper	7 3/4 x 6 3/4" (19.5 x 17.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	S. Brooks Barron Fund
Album cover for The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Design Acc. 777.2014	1967	Lithograph	12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Babe Rainbow Print Acc. 525.1997	1968	Screenprint on tin	composition and sheet: 26 x 17 5/16" (66 x 44cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Little Sonny Summer Drawing Acc. 14.1978	1969	Watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper	18 1/4 x 11 1/2" (40.6 x 32.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Study of a Tattooed Lady Drawing Acc. 340.1977	1969	Watercolor and ink on paper	22 3/4 x 15 5/8" (57.7 x 39.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus in honor of Barbara Harrison Wescott
Alice Through the Looking Glass Print Acc. 222.1972.1-8	(1972)	Portfolio of eight screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Alice Through the Looking Glass Print Acc. 222.1972.1	(1972)	Portfolio of eight screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Alice Through the Looking Glass Print Acc. 222.1972.2	(1972)	Portfolio of eight screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Alice Through the Looking Glass Print Acc. 222.1972.3	(1972)	Portfolio of eight screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Alice Through the Looking Glass Print Acc. 222.1972.4	(1972)	Portfolio of eight screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Alice Through the Looking Glass Print Acc. 222.1972.5	(1972)	Portfolio of eight screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Alice Through the Looking Glass Print Acc. 222.1972.6	(1972)	Portfolio of eight screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Alice Through the Looking Glass Print Acc. 222.1972.7	(1972)	Portfolio of eight screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Alice Through the Looking Glass Print Acc. 222.1972.8	(1972)	Portfolio of eight screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Penny Black Print Acc. 508.1976	(1972)	Screenprint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Institute of Contemporary Prints (through The International Council, by exchange)
Pretty Boy Michaelangelo Print Acc. 509.1976	1972	Screenprint	Sheet 18 1/16 x 11 3/4" (45.9 x 29.8 cm) Comp. 8 3/16 x 4 5/16" (20.8 x 11.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Institute of Contemporary Prints (through The International Council, by exchange)
Bearded Lady from Side Show Print Acc. 1054.1979.2	1974-78	One from a portfolio of five wood engravings	composition: 6 1/16 x 5 1/8" (15.4 x 13 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman Fund
Fat Boy from Side Show Print Acc. 1054.1979.1	1974-78	One from a portfolio of five wood engravings	composition: 6 1/16 x 5 1/8" (15.4 x 13 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman Fund
Giant from Side Show Print Acc. 1054.1979.4	1974-78	One from a portfolio of five wood engravings	composition: 6 1/16 x 5 1/8" (15.4 x 13 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman Fund
Midget from Side Show Print Acc. 1054.1979.5	1974-78	One from a portfolio of five wood engravings	composition: 6 1/16 x 5 1/8" (15.4 x 13 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman Fund
Side Show Print Acc. 1054.1979.1-5	1974-78	Portfolio of five wood engravings	composition (each): 6 1/16 x 5 1/8" (15.4 x 13 cm); sheet (each approx.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman Fund
Tattooed Man from Side Show Print Acc. 1054.1979.3	1974-78	One from a portfolio of five wood engravings	composition: 6 1/16 x 5 1/8" (15.4 x 13 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 8 7/16" (26.7 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman Fund
Album cover for The Who, Face Dances Design Acc. 778.2014	1981	Lithograph	12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Pop-Tastic! The Definitive Pop Art Exhibition Audio Acc. 854.2013.296	1998	Envelope containing 7-inch vinyl record	cover: 7 3/8 × 7 1/2" (18.7 × 19 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund