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151 ROBINSON, W. Heath. A Round of Golf at Dorisdene Mansions, Maida Vale, W. 1936 AN ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION Another of the cartoons published within How to Live in a Flat in 1936, this on page 61 (see previous item). Original drawing (260 × 174 mm) on artist’s board (380 × 272 mm with “Robertson’s Fashion Board” printed on reverse), pen and ink drawing, unsigned, titled lower left with additional pencil note, mounted, framed, and glazed (framed size: 462 × 350 mm). Pin holes at corners below mount, minor loss to corners below mount, light soiling; a fine and unfaded drawing. £2,500 [155002]
of which the first, Pointed Roofs , appeared in 1915 (see previous item). Octavo. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, publisher’s device in blind to rear cover. Neat ink ownership inscription of Anglo-Canadian author John Metcalf to front free endpaper. Spine sunned, slight nicks to head, offsetting to free endpapers, light foxing to book block edges; an excellent copy. £875 [153807] 150 ROBINSON, W. Heath. The Annual Goldfishing Competition at Boldersbury Court, W. 1936 ORIGINAL ARTWORK PRESENTING A SOLUTION TO THE CHALLENGES OF LIVING IN A FLAT One of the illustrator’s famously whimsical cartoons, published within How to Live in a Flat in 1936 on page 65. The illustrator’s inventive wit provided
the English language with a term to describe an implausible, ingenious, or overcomplicated construction or design. Between 1932 and 1933 Heath Robinson contributed a series of cartoons to The Sketch magazine which provided solutions to the challenges of living in a contemporary flat and using limited space to full potential. This series was the basis for the volume entitled How to Live in a Flat , published by Hutchinson in 1936, with text by K. R. G. Browne (1895–1940). It was the first full-length book collaboration between Browne and Robinson. Original drawing (275 × 170 mm) on artist’s board (380 × 272 mm with “Robertson’s Fashion Board” printed on reverse), pen and ink drawing with minor gouache corrections, unsigned, titled lower centre with additional pencil note, mounted, framed, and glazed (framed size: 462 × 350 mm). Pin holes at corners below mount, minor loss to extremities below mount, light soiling; a fine and unfaded drawing. £2,500 [155000]
All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk
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