Chris Beetles Gallery

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Bedtime

Ronald Searle (1920-2011)

Price

SOLD

Signed

Signed twice, inscribed 'Drawn in 1952 & signed in 1981' and extensively inscribed with a note to Luke Gertler, and dated '14 February 1981'

Medium

Ink

Dimensions

10 ¾ x 14 ¼ inches

Provenance

Luke Gertler Collection

Illustrated

Drawn for an animated publicity film commissioned by Lemon Hart Rum, 1952

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1831-2023', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November-December 2023, no 154

'Dear Luke Gertler,
To my surprise i find that this is - yes, an early drawing by me! it was one of a dozen or two.key drawings supplied for an animated publicity film, commissioned by Lemon Hart Rum in 1952. it was made, in colour, by Larkins Studio & shown in cinemas all over. sincerely Ronald Searle'

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