Lot Essay
Preparatory drawing for the film titles of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 1964.
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RONALD SEARLE
Ronald Searle was born in Cambridge and studied at the school of art there from 1936 to 1939. He served in the army during World War II and on his return settled in London and began working as a humorous illustrator and caricaturist for books and magazines, including Punch and Lilliput. The predominant mood of his humour is frequently offset by sinister or macabre overtones. He has developed a fanciful and striking individual graphic manner, and since the 1950's has been a household name in Britain.
Ronald William Fordham Searle (b.1920)
Robert Morley as Lord Rawnsley
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Ronald William Fordham Searle (b.1920)
Robert Morley as Lord Rawnsley
signed and dated 'Ronald Searle 1964' (lower left), inscribed 'Preparatory drawings for/the film titles "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines"/[1965] Robert Morley as Lord Rawnsley' (lower left)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, unframed
20½ x 15¾ in. (52 x 40 cm.)
Robert Morley as Lord Rawnsley
signed and dated 'Ronald Searle 1964' (lower left), inscribed 'Preparatory drawings for/the film titles "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines"/[1965] Robert Morley as Lord Rawnsley' (lower left)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, unframed
20½ x 15¾ in. (52 x 40 cm.)