Lot 29
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Scarfe, Gerald

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Scarfe, Gerald
  • The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:
  • book with new dust-jacket
Scarfe, Gerald. The Making of Pink Floyd The Wall. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2010, folio, with numerous annotations and mixed media tipped-in by the artist, original boards, dust-jacket

WITH TWO ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS ADDED TO DUST-JACKET BY GERALD SCARFE, each 280 by 230mm. comprising 'The Teacher' and 'The Wife', ink and watercolour, signed and dated by the artist ("Gerald Scarfe 7 Oct 2014") on front free endpaper.

Condition

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Catalogue Note

Gerald Scarfe is the UK’s most celebrated political cartoonist. He was the political cartoonist for the Sunday Times for 50 years (1967–2017). He has also designed operas, plays and ballets for some of the most high-profile international productions of the last 30 years. He collaborated with Pink Floyd on the album, tour and film of Pink Floyd The Wall. He was awarded a CBE in 2008.

The Making of Pink Floyd The Wall is the definitive book of The Wall and includes contributions from all the members of Pink Floyd as well as the director of the film, Alan Parker.