£5,040
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II | 712
Auction: 28 September 2022 at 11:00 BST
watercolour, bodycolour and pencil on thick paper, 37.5 x 52.5cm, signed lower right, mounted, shortened title ('For neck tumor ...') to foot of mount, verso of mount with full printed title (mounted) and address stamp 'Ronald Searle, C/o Mr. V. Caloutsis, 4 Rue Antoine Dubois, Paris 6ieme' (partially obscured by tape-marks)
Note: One of a series of caricatures by Searle depicting fanciful historical remedies.
Provenance: Valerios Caloutsis (1927-2004), Greek artist.