Michel and Carmen Cassé's Copy of Ronald Searle dans Le Monde

Michel Cassé was illustrator Ronald Searle's lithographer. Cassé's wife Carmen managed a Paris art gallery which showed artist's prints from her husband's press, including Searle's lithographs. When his black-and-white political cartoons created for Le Monde were collected in book form in 1998, it was quite natural for Searle to present the Cassés with a personalized copy. It is signed by the Searles, Monica and Ronald.

Ronald Searle
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Ronald Searle
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A poster for a 1975 gallery exhibit shows how Searle and the Cassés worked together:

"Ronald Searle Lithographies 1972-1975"
Galerie Carmen Cassé

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Note:  That Christmas, Monica and Ronald Searle dedicated a very similar copy to Eileen McMahon, Searle's New York agent, and it too enjoys pride of place on the blog here.

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A Ronald Searle Christmas Inscription

A fine copy of Ronald Searle dans Le Monde bears an original inscription from the Searles to Ronald Searle's American representative. This book is the original French edition collecting Searle's political work for Le Monde. The inscription is dated Christmas 1998.

Ronald Searle dans Le Monde, 1998

http://www.cartoonmuseumshop.org/ronald-searle-dans-le-monde.ir?cName=searle-specials-books

Ronald Searle dans Le Monde, 1998
Inscribed "Eileen--/with all love/from/Mo & Ronald/Christmas/1998"
Scan courtesy of David from Manhattan

Note:  More of Ronald Searle's art can be enjoyed in the blog archives.

Perpetua, the Ronald Searle tribute blog discusses Searle's work for Le Monde.

Signed books are a favorite topic here. Do feel free to share here from your own library.

And let's not forget all the Christmas posts. 'Tis the season!

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