Comments on: Babe Rainbow http://winniecooper.net/2009/04/babe-rainbow/ Wed, 23 May 2012 18:42:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: pepsithepoodle http://winniecooper.net/2009/04/babe-rainbow/comment-page-1/#comment-2301 pepsithepoodle Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:53:40 +0000 http://winniecooper.net/?p=3728#comment-2301 had a store in san francisco in the 60's ordered 50 at a time from Dodo designs. Sold like crazy. Just found one tucked away in a box. Great memories. She now hangs in my family room. had a store in san francisco in the 60′s ordered 50 at a time from Dodo designs. Sold like crazy.
Just found one tucked away in a box. Great memories. She now hangs in my family room.

]]> By: meowmeow http://winniecooper.net/2009/04/babe-rainbow/comment-page-1/#comment-1998 meowmeow Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:41:59 +0000 http://winniecooper.net/?p=3728#comment-1998 I like these. Thx! I like these. Thx!

]]> By: shoepal http://winniecooper.net/2009/04/babe-rainbow/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 shoepal Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:11:05 +0000 http://winniecooper.net/?p=3728#comment-1990 That's also the cover of the House of Love (britpop) album of the same name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Rainbow I think it was hanging in the studio where they were recording. See also: http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=9084 "Commissioned by Dodo Designs, Babe Rainbow was originally to have been an enamel plaque. As this proved to be impossible, the design was silkscreened onto tin, in an edition of 10,000. Selling at only £1 each it was one of the few genuine multiples available to everyone. The design was based on a 1967 cover of the French magazine Marie Claire - the girl's facial features in Babe Rainbow are similar to those on the magazine cover, but have been adjusted by referring to other prototypes. Blake wrote: 'A fictitious lady wrestler, she is twenty three years old and has broken her nose in the ring. She was born in New Cross, London and wrestles mainly in Europe and the USA'." http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/art/artist/peterblake/wu0001/ That’s also the cover of the House of Love (britpop) album of the same name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Rainbow
I think it was hanging in the studio where they were recording.

See also: http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=9084

“Commissioned by Dodo Designs, Babe Rainbow was originally to have been an enamel plaque. As this proved to be impossible, the design was silkscreened onto tin, in an edition of 10,000. Selling at only £1 each it was one of the few genuine multiples available to everyone.

The design was based on a 1967 cover of the French magazine Marie Claire – the girl’s facial features in Babe Rainbow are similar to those on the magazine cover, but have been adjusted by referring to other prototypes. Blake wrote:

‘A fictitious lady wrestler, she is twenty three years old and has broken her nose in the ring. She was born in New Cross, London and wrestles mainly in Europe and the USA’.”

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/art/artist/peterblake/wu0001/

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