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RONALD SEARLE.
Two illustrations for “By Rocking-Chair Across America.”
Pen, ink, and wash on illustration board. Frontispiece of Indian Chief with camera mea-
sures 483x336 mm; 19x13
1
/
4
inches; Illustration at page 27 of bear warming himself by a
woodstove measures 495x318 mm; 19
1
/
2
x12
1
/
2
. Both signed in ink, lower right. Slightly
toned, a few creases at edges, Searle’s titles in red pen in upper and lower margins, few sur-
face abrasions on frontispiece image. 1959.
[2,500/3,500]
WITH A FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF
“
BY ROCKING
-
CHAIR ACROSS AMERICA
”
INSCRIBED
AND SIGNED TO FRIEND AND FELLOW ILLUSTRATOR PAUL COKER
,
JR
.
of Mad Magazine and
Rankin/Bass Television Productions fame. These illustrations were also used in 1959 for a cartoon
spread titled “U.S.A. For Beginners” in the British humor magazine Punch and the First English
book edition of the work was similarly titled. Searle has penned both titles in the margins of the art-
work. The book, co-authored with Alex Atkinson is 8vo,
1
/
4
cloth over pictorial boards; dust jacket (some
wear and chipping). NewYork, (1959). Laid in is an exhibition pamphlet for Kraushaar Galleies in
NewYork City, September 29-October 17, 1959, which contained these and other works by Searle.
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RONALD SEARLE.
Illustration for an article in The Harvard
Business Review.
Pen and ink drawing on illustration board;
signed with initials. 325x250 mm; 13x10
inches. Shows a boss with his protegé on a
short leash. Typed caption glued on.With
Searle’s New York studio stamp on verso.
From the article “Rate Yourself as a
Client” in the June-July 1977 issue.
[800/1,200]
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