Description:
Ronald Searle (British, 1920-2011)
l'Après-midis of Phillipine
Signed "Ronald Searle" l.l., titled and inscribed "...Holiday-McKenney" at c.r. edge,
with the artist's stamp in two places on the reverse.
Ink and wash on paperboard, 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (26.7 x 31.8 cm),framed.
Condition: Toning, affixed to window mat with masking tape.
N.B. The illustration accompanied Phillipine's Afternoon Off?, Seventh of a series by Ruth McKenney, Drawings by Ronald Searle, published in Holiday magazine, September 1953 (Vol. 14, No. 3, ill. p. 19).
We would like to thank Josh Lieberman of www.theholidayarchive.com for his kind assistance with this lot.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Also with pencil notations and a crop mark on the front and with a typed label "'Phillipine's Afternoon Off?' by Ruth McKenney/September, 1953 p. 19" taped to the reverse.
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