Saturday, December 10, 2011

Gerald Scarfe: Oliver Twisted

The December 6 Interiors sale at Christie's South Kensington featured two lots by British caricaturist Gerald Scarfe, who ranks among his chief artistic  influences Ronald Searle and Walt Disney.

Gerald Scarfe (b.1936) 
'I don't want anymore!' 

signed 'Gerald Scarfe' (upper left) and inscribed as titled (lower centre)

pen and black ink, unframed 
6½ x 9¾ in. (16.5 x 24.8 cm.); Eight unframed cartoons by the same hand; and Two unframed cartoons by other hands (11)

Price Realized 

    £2,125
  • ($3,315)
  • Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.
Estimate
    £800 - £1,200
  • ($1,250 - $1,874)

Sale Information

Sale 3280 Lot 430


6 December 2011 
London, South Kensington 


Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/gerald-scarfe-i-dont-want-anymore/5513152/lot/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5513152&sid=24b82c8e-5881-4d02-98aa-4933e644c3a2

Gerald Scarfe (b. 1936) 
The busy penguin 

inscribed 'For/Christopher/Happy Birthday/27th June 1989/To a new era!' (centre right)
pen and black ink and watercolour with touches of bodycolour 
32 5/8 x 23 in. (83 x 58.5 cm.) 

Price Realized

    £875
  • ($1,365)
  • Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.
Estimate
    £800 - £1,200
  • ($1,250 - $1,874)

Sale Information

Sale 3280 Lot 434
Christie's Interiors 
6 December 2011
London, South Kensington 
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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