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Antonie Marcel 'Toon' van Driel (b. 1945, The Netherlands) worked in advertising and as a steward with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines before he re-invented himself as a cartoon artist in 1973, creating the characters of 'F.C. Knudde' (Football Club Rubbish). The team, featuring the 'stars' Jaap, Dirk and Juan Jesus Castillo, grew legend over their absolute non-capacity to score in another goal than their own, as would be demonstrated in Algemeen Dagblad and over 30 albums. Another famous Toon creation is 'De Stamgasten', a series about crazy pub-going animals which also jumpstarted the solo careers of individual characters such as the clumsy lion 'Felis Leo' (Robbedoes magazine, mid-1980s) and the dirty joke-telling pink rabbit 'Ab Normaal' who, after stints at Yorin, RTL 5 and Veronica enjoys successes at the Dutch tv-channel Comedy Central. The following lots are acrylic on canvas renderings of some of his most successful characters, now for the first time offered at auction.

Toon van Driel (B. 1945)

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Toon van Driel (B. 1945)
Waar zouden ze zitten?
signed 'ToonvDriel' (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
80 x 90 cm.

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Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer 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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