Jim Clark

Details

Antony Donaldson (b.1939)
Jim Clark
signed 'Antony Donaldson' (lower centre), inscribed and dated 'JIM CLARK 1962' (on the reverse), signed again, inscribed again and dated again 'ANTONY DONALDSON/JIM CLARK 1962' (on the backboard)
pencil, crayon and acrylic on paper
8 ¾ x 8 in. (22.3 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1962.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in the 1960s.

Special notice

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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Lot Essay

I remember having a car and taking our two very small sons into the country to Brands Hatch to see the car races. It was something magical. At this time cars were painted in their national colours. English Green, French Blue, German Silver, Belgium Yellow and Italian Red and the countryside became filled with arrows of colour. Jim Clark was really the best. He could get into any race car, Saloon, Sports Racing, Formula Junior, Formula One and just win. This work on paper is of him in a Lotus 25 and is a study for Medal for Jim Clark, 1963 (Leicestershire County Council, UK).
Antony Donaldson

We are very grateful to the artist for his assistance in cataloguing this work.

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