LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2025

Museum Hours

Monday

11 am–6 pm

Tuesday

11 am–6 pm

Wednesday

Closed

Thursday

11 am–6 pm

Friday

11 am–8 pm

Saturday

10 am–7 pm

Sunday

10 am–7 pm

 

  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2025
Collections

Peter Blake
Side Show1974-1978

Not on view
Lithograph portrait of a seated heavyset man in a ruffled clown collar and baggy trousers, facing forward, on cream deckle-edged paper
Mezzotint or aquatint print, three-quarter portrait of a bearded figure in profile with long braided hair, wearing layered bead necklaces and a patterned garment, rendered in deep blacks and fine tonal gradations on deckle-edged paper, numbered and signed in pencil below the image.
Limited-edition print, numbered and signed in pencil below the image. Waist-up portrait of a shirtless man with arms crossed, his torso and arms densely covered with tattoos including birds, anchors, and figures. Fine crosshatched linework on cream deckle-edged paper.
Black and white woodblock print on white deckle-edged paper; a tall figure in a top hat, vest, and trousers stands before billowing striped tent fabric, while a smaller figure in a suit and bow tie sits perched on their shoulder holding a cane; fine crosshatched linework throughout.
Black and white print on deckle-edged paper; a young child in a dress stands beside a large dog in a doorway, facing a standing adult figure in dark clothing; strong tonal contrast with dense black background.
Artist or Maker
Peter Blake
England, Kent, Dartford, born 1932
Title
Side Show
Place Made
England
Date Made
1974-1978
Medium
Engravings
Dimensions
Closed: 12 × 9 7/8 × 3/4 in. (30.48 × 25.08 × 1.91 cm) Sheet (each): 10 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (26.67 × 21.27 cm) Image (each): 6 × 5 1/8 in. (15.24 × 13.02 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of R.B. Kitaj
Accession Number
M.2002.198.7.1-.5
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings