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Michael Blaker R.E.
(Hove 1928 – 2018 Ramsgate)
Jazz Dance
Jazz Dance
279 mm x 377 mm
Original etching with aquatint, late 1950’s.
The plate signed.
Signed in pencil and entitled.
Printed in blue/green-black with plate tone on ivory wove.
With the work number? 98 verso and signed and inscribed verso Jazz Dance in the old Church Hall, Brighton College.
£150
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Additional
Information about the Print
An old church hall next door to Brighton Art School had been converted to be a dance hall with a stage.
In 1957 Blaker, with other Brighton College students, formed a jazz ‘spasm’ band, The Eminent Victorians. They dressed in Victorian frock coats and played for dances in Brighton at local jazz clubs and in surrounding villages. Michael played the Swanee slide whistle and was himself a great jiver. He also played the mouth organ and jazz piano.
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