SEARLE | “Are you Superman, Daddy?”, original drawing, [1952]

The Property of the late John Payne

SEARLE, RONALD

"Are You a Superman, Daddy?"

200 by 235mm., ink drawing, signed lower left "Ronald Searle", inscribed with title on reverse, mounted, framed and glazed, minor surface abrasion, minor stain at middle foot

Drawn for the "B.P. Super" petrol campaign in the early 1950s. A label on the reverse shows that Searle was working for the S.H. Benson Advertising Agency. The design was published on numerous occasions, including The Sphere on 15 November 1952 (page 290)

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Abbott and Holder

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