Stanley McMurtry
'Honestly, Prime Minister. Nobody's tired to persuade me. But golly gosh, they are only piddley little islands, - who needs them?'
Estimate: 500 - 700 GBP
Price realised: 500 GBP
Price realised: 500 GBP
Description
Stanley McMurtry 'Mac' (b.1936)
'Honestly, Prime Minister. Nobody's tired to persuade me. But golly gosh, they are only piddley little islands, - who needs them?'
signed 'mac' (upper left) and inscribed as title (lower centre)
pen and black ink and blue wash heightened with touches of white, unframed
15 x 21½ in. (38.1 x 54.6 cm.); and four unframed cartoons including 'Gentlemen. Be upstanding for the loyal toast - to Alan Clark'; 'Wonderful news, Gerald....'; 'Peregrine has a little surprise for us, dear...'; and 'Isn't it wonderful, darling? - Malcolm's been made head girl.' by the same hand (5)
'Honestly, Prime Minister. Nobody's tired to persuade me. But golly gosh, they are only piddley little islands, - who needs them?'
signed 'mac' (upper left) and inscribed as title (lower centre)
pen and black ink and blue wash heightened with touches of white, unframed
15 x 21½ in. (38.1 x 54.6 cm.); and four unframed cartoons including 'Gentlemen. Be upstanding for the loyal toast - to Alan Clark'; 'Wonderful news, Gerald....'; 'Peregrine has a little surprise for us, dear...'; and 'Isn't it wonderful, darling? - Malcolm's been made head girl.' by the same hand (5)
Sold at the lower estimate price
The work 'Honestly, Prime Minister. Nobody's tired to persuade me. But golly gosh, they are only piddley little islands, - who needs them?' by Stanley McMurtry was sold in the Christie's Interiors auction at Christies in London in December 2010. The result of GBP 500.00 (€ 580.00) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 500.00 – 700.00. Other works by Stanley McMurtry have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in December 2012 the work "Oh, we talked about the recession and the econony - and what kind of day did you have Barbara, Honey?" was auctioned for GBP 750.00 (€ 924.96).
Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit 'Honestly, Prime Minister. Nobody's tired to persuade me. But golly gosh, they are only piddley little islands, - who needs them?' von Stanley McMurtry wurde im Dezember 2010 in der Auktion Christie's Interiors bei Christies in London versteigert. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von GBP 500,00 (€ 580,00) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 500,00 – 700,00. Andere Arbeiten von Stanley McMurtry konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Dezember 2012 die Arbeit "Oh, we talked about the recession and the econony - and what kind of day did you have Barbara, Honey?" für GBP 750,00 (€ 924,96) versteigert.
Stanley McMurtry - Auction history
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