Ronald Searle (British, 1920-2011) Nanook Airways Bush Pilot Signed and inscribed "Ronald Searle/Hudson Bay" l.r., identified on labels from Bianchini Gallery, New York, on the reverse. Ink and wash on illustration board, sight size 18 3/4 x 14 in. (47.5 x 35.5 cm), framed. Condition: Not examined out of frame. Literature: Ronald Searle and Matt Jones, Ronald Searle's America (Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2015), p. 199. N.B. The lot is accompanied by a vintage copy of Holiday magazine, April 1964, an issue devoted to Canada, where the drawing is reproduced with several others by Searle in a humorous article entitled "Nice People to the North, A disrespectful look at life under the maple leaves." The caption beside the drawing describes the Canadian climate as "trying" to bush pilots, who must rely on long underwear with little bits of fur strapped to the kneecaps. It is not known if Searle created this drawing specifically for Holiday or if it was commissioned by the Hudson's Bay Company, for whom Searle did a great deal of work. It is known that the illustration was in the HBC collection by 1970, because the drawing is pictured in an archive photo of an exhibition of Searle's originals at the time of the company's 300th anniversary. A photocopy of that image accompanies the lot.
Ronald Searle (British, 1920-2011) Nanook Airways Bush Pilot Signed and inscribed "Ronald Searle/Hudson Bay" l.r., identified on labels from Bianchini Gallery, New York, on the reverse. Ink and wash on illustration board, sight size 18 3/4 x 14 in. (47.5 x 35.5 cm), framed. Condition: Not examined out of frame. Literature: Ronald Searle and Matt Jones, Ronald Searle's America (Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2015), p. 199. N.B. The lot is accompanied by a vintage copy of Holiday magazine, April 1964, an issue devoted to Canada, where the drawing is reproduced with several others by Searle in a humorous article entitled "Nice People to the North, A disrespectful look at life under the maple leaves." The caption beside the drawing describes the Canadian climate as "trying" to bush pilots, who must rely on long underwear with little bits of fur strapped to the kneecaps. It is not known if Searle created this drawing specifically for Holiday or if it was commissioned by the Hudson's Bay Company, for whom Searle did a great deal of work. It is known that the illustration was in the HBC collection by 1970, because the drawing is pictured in an archive photo of an exhibition of Searle's originals at the time of the company's 300th anniversary. A photocopy of that image accompanies the lot.
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