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Monday, April 08, 2013

Editorial Illustration

Following on from the last post on the New Yorker cartoons here's a batch of editorial pieces mainly from the 90s

'Glyndebourne re-opens'
(lower left) mixed media, unframed 20¾ x 17¼in.
Cover drawing for Telegraph Magazine, 7 May, 1994



'The hand of authority'
pencil, black ink and watercolour, unframed13 x 7 in. (33 x 17.8 cm.)
Harper's magazine, New York.



'Savile Row - In all its glory'
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, unframed 19 x 16in. 
An original illustration for Town and Country Magazine, published New York, April 1989



'Le Glorious 12th'
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, unframed 12 x 19in. 
An original illustration for Forbes FYI Magazine, published New York, 1992



'Butler School'
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, unframed 19 x 16in. 
An original illustration for Forbes FYI Magazine, published in New York, November 1992



'Children's cooking classes at the Ritz'
pencil and black ink, 16½ x 15 3/8 in. 
International Herald Tribune, Paris, 29th March, 1997.

'Perpetual motion'
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, 18 x 18in. (45.6 x 45.6cm.)
An original illustration for an article on house exchanging in Yankee Magazine, September 1991


'Bacchus & Co'
mixed media, 19½ x 18¼in. 
An original illustration for Forbes Magazine, New York, 8th May, 1995



'Senior citizen crossing'
pencil and pen and black ink, 14¾ x 19½in. 
An original illustration for International Herald Tribune, published Paris, 5 July, 1997




'Computer deity'
pen and black ink and watercolour 16¼ x 12¼ in.
Harvard Business Review, U.S.A., March 1984 issue.



'The Gods are angry'
signed 'Ronald Searle' (lower right)
pencil and black ink, 15 x 19 in. (38 x 48 cm.)
Le Monde, Paris 25 July 1996.



'Computer bug'
signed and inscribed 'Ronald Searle/Computer bug' (lower left)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, 16¾ x 7 in. (42.6 x 17.8 cm.)
Harvard Business Review, U.S.A., March, 1984 issue.



'Superwoman'
signed and inscribed 'Ronald Searle/Superwoman' (lower left)
pencil and black ink, 18½ x 16 in. (47 x 40.5 cm.)
International Herald Tribune, Paris, 11 October 1997.



'Waiting for walkies'
signed 'Ronald Searle' and inscribed as title (lower left)
pen, black ink and watercolour, 12¼ x 18 in. (31 x 46 cm.)
An original illustration for the International Herald Tribune, Paris, 13 January 2001.



'Get me the zoo, please, Miss Winterton'
signed, dated and inscribed 'Ronald searle/1955./'Get me the Zoo, please, Miss Winterton'
pencil, pen and ink and grey wash, 11¾ x 8¾in. (29.9 x 22.2cm.)
An original illustration for "Figaro", Paris 1955




'Pleasures of Golf'
signed and dated 'Ronald Searle 1992' (lower left) and inscribed 'Pleasures of golf' (lower right)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, 17 x 17in. (43.7 x 44.5cm.)
An original illustration for Yankee Magazine, published June 1992




'Zeus & Co.'
signed 'Ronald Searle' (lower right) and inscribed as title (lower left)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour heightened with white, 21 x 16½ in. (53 x 42 cm.)
An original illustration for Town and Country Magazine, published New York, June, 1994.





'Something in the cellar'
pencil and pen and black ink,  17½ x 15in. (44.5 x 38.5cm.)
International Herald Tribune, published Paris, 18 October, 1997



'St George and the Euro Dragon'
signed 'Ronald Searle' (lower left) and inscribed 'L'Eurosceptique' (lower left)
pencil and pen and black ink, 16½ x 19¾in. (41.8 x 50.2cm.)
An original illustration for Le Monde, Paris, 26 March 1997.



'Ice hockey'
signed, inscribed and dated 'Ronald Searle/1972. Madison Square Gardens NYC/NY Rangers v Buffalo Sabres' (lower right) and 'Sports Illustrated: Ice Hockey' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, 16¾ x 12¾ in. (42.6 x 32.4 cm.)
Sports Illustrated Magazine, New York.




'The gourmand'
signed, inscribed and dated 'Ronald Searle/1995/Le Gourmand' (lower left)
pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and coloured crayon, 18¾ x 16½in. (47.6 x 42cm.)
An original illustration for Yankee Magazine, USA, summer issue, 1995.




'Tackling the problem'
signed and inscribed 'Ronald Searle/Tackling the problem' (lower left) and dated '1999' (lower right)
pencil and pen and black ink, 19¼ x 15 3/8in. (49 x 39.1cm.)
An original illustration for C.N.R.S., Paris (National Centre for Scientific Research)


'Quiet day at the office'
signed and inscribed 'Ronald Searle' (lower right) and 'Quiet day at the office' (lower left)
pencil and black ink, 16½ x 19½ in. (41.9 x 49.5 cm.)
This was a project design for a New York agency.



'Girlpower!'
signed 'Ronald Searle' (lower right)
pencil and pen and black ink, 15¾ x 13in. 
An original illustration for International Herald Tribune, Paris, 16 March 1996.



'Weight Watcher'
signed 'Ronald Searle' and inscribed as title
pencil and pen and black ink, 10¾ x 17½in. 
An illustration for the New York Times, 3 February 1996




'Thoughts by Nigel M: 'Ye English (Well, some ready to be stuffed)'
pencil, pen and black ink, 6¾ x 12 in. 
Ronald Searle, Thoughts by Nigel - Young Elizabethan Magazine.




'Nigel dreams: 'Oo gosh! Babe Nigel make the home run'
pencil, black ink and bodycolour, 11¾ x 16 in. (30 x 40.7 cm.)
Sports Illustrated Magazine, New York, 1963.




                                              'The Rolling Stones/are still at it./Lapidation.'
signed and dated 'Ronald Searle/1993' (lower right) and inscribed 
pencil, pen and black ink, watercolour and coloured crayon, 14 5/8 x 12¼in.
An original illustration for the New Yorker series 'Great Moments in Music'





'Comment apprendre une Langue Etrangere'
signed 'Ronald Searle', inscribed as title and further inscribed 'Mon Dieu! and its raining cats et dogs'
pencil, pen and black ink, watercolour and crayon, 19½ x 15in.
An illustration for Le Temps Retrouve magazine, Paris, July 1994



'Stately homes of England - for rent'
pencil and black ink, 15 x 15 in. 
New York Times, 22 August 1971 issue.

An original illustration for Forbes FYI Magazine New York, May 1995
Happy Birthday to you
pencil, pen and black ink, watercolour and coloured crayon, 18 x 12¾in.


'Adam and Eve and the Flaming Sword of P.C.'
Published: Saturday Review, New York, July 1972

1 comment:

docnad said...

All of these are outstanding! After this, the evening paper is going to look pretty dull.