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LOW, 'ALICE MEETS THE CHESHIRE CAT', INK, 1932
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description
- David Low
- ‘Alice Meets the Cheshire Cat’
305 by 470mm., pen and ink, signed ‘Low after JT’ and inscribed with title and extensive caption, mounted, framed and glazed
Provenance
EXHIBITED:
‘The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1837-2011’, Chris Beetles Gallery, November 2011-January 2012, no 236; ‘Alice in Cartoonland’, The Cartoon Museum, London, 15 July-1 November, 2015
‘The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1837-2011’, Chris Beetles Gallery, November 2011-January 2012, no 236; ‘Alice in Cartoonland’, The Cartoon Museum, London, 15 July-1 November, 2015
Literature
Evening Standard, 26 January 1932
Condition
Condition is described in the body of the main cataloguing where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Following the resignation of the government of Stanley Baldwin on 24 August 1931, former Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald agreed to become Prime Minister for a second time, at the head of a National Government formed of all parties. An influential figure in British politics through his media empire, Lord Beaverbrook founded the Empire Free Trade Crusade in 1929. Set up to press for the British Empire to become a free trade bloc, Beaverbrook’s crusade attacked MacDonald’s minority government and Baldwin’s protectionist policies, viewing them as insufficient. The group extended Beaverbrook’s early tariff reform sympathetic to ‘whole hog’ protectionism.