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Ronald Searle

All options that gave me a simple pencil exerted a fascination on me that soon turned to obsession.

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Ronald Searle is born in Cambridge (England) in 1920 into a family of the working class. As a child, he feels ineluctably drawn towards caricature. He begins to draw regularly from the age. . . of five years old and publishes his first drawings in a local newspaper while he is barely fifteen (1935), showing an extraordinary talent. His first published drawings allow him to finance his studies at . . .

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Beyond works currently in stock, it seemed to me useful to combine business with pleasure by letting you discover others works by artists in my gallery. These artworks, now sold or removed from our website, have been in our stock in the past. These pages will undoubtedly make it possible for some of you to associate an image with its title or the other way round, for others it will be a good time to discover more on such and such artist. For the sake of confidentiality – the pieces being no longer available – we won't display neither their numbering or their price. For whatever reason, make sure to visit this amazing art database with to date 6441 online works just for your pleasure! Michelle Champetier

The works presented on this page are not available anymore.
Original lithograph de Searle Ronald : Hail, Hail to thee Great Golden Snail
Hail, Hail to thee...
1968 Original lithograph, unsigned. Editions Empreinte, Paris. Without
Original lithograph de Searle Ronald : Cat rehearsing Hamlet
Cat rehearsing...
1968 Original lithograph, unsigned. Editions Empreinte, Paris. Without
Original lithograph de Searle Ronald : Catropod
Catropod
1968 Original lithograph, unsigned. Editions Empreinte, Paris. Without
Original lithograph de Searle Ronald : Oops
Oops
1974 Original lithograph, unsigned. Printer’s and publisher’s dry stamps. Editions RS, Paris. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Happy cat unaware the house is on fire
Happy cat unaware...
1967 Original lithograph in colours, signed and dated in pencil by the artist, in lower left drystamp of the printer and publisher. Editions Empreinte,... Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Unknown title I
Unknown title I
1970 Original lithograph, signedand dated in pencil by the artist. Without
Original lithograph poster de Searle Ronald : Ronald Searle
Ronald Searle
1978 Poster, original lithograph, dedicated and signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Bouquet garni
Bouquet garni
1975 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Nobody wants me
Nobody wants me
1977 Original lithograph, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Drystamp of the printer Michel Cassé and of the publisher. Ed. RS, Paris. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : It's an ill mind
It's an ill mind
1983 Original lithograph, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Drystamp of the printer Michel Cassé and of the publisher. Ed. RS, Paris. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Swine Lake
Swine Lake
1980 Original lithograph, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Drystamp of the printer Michel Cassé and of the publisher. Ed. RS, Paris. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Déjeuner sur l'herbe
Déjeuner sur...
1976 Original lithograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Drystamp of the publisher. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Bouquet garni
Bouquet garni
1975 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Unknown title II
Unknown title II
1967 Original lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Avoriaz, the ski IV
Avoriaz, the ski IV
1967 Original lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Avoriaz, the ski III
Avoriaz, the ski III
1967 Original lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Avoriaz, the ski II
Avoriaz, the ski II
1967 Original lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed etching de Searle Ronald : Icare II
Icare II
1970 Original etching, signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Editions Empreinte, Paris. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : The thing from underground I
The thing from...
1969 Original lithograph, signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Bloomsday
Bloomsday
1973 Original lithograph, titled, dated and signed by the artist. Ed. R.S., Paris (Dry stamp). Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : The mysterious object
The mysterious...
1973 Original lithograph, signed in pencil. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Bouquet garni
Bouquet garni
1975 Original lithograph, signed in pencil. Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : The peaceable king down
The peaceable king...
Circa 1970 Original lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil. Dry stamp from the atelier Cassé, Paris. Ed. R.S., Paris (Dry stamp). Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Rat race
Rat race
Circa 1970 Original lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil. Dry stamp from the atelier Cassé, Paris. Ed. R.S., Paris (Dry stamp). Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : The good old days.
The good old days.
1972 Original lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil. Dry stamp from the atelier Cassé, Paris. Ed. R.S., Paris (Dry stamp). Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Anybody there?
Anybody there?
1977 Original lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil. Dry stamp from the atelier Cassé, Paris. Ed. R.S., Paris (Dry stamp). Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Idyll
Idyll
1973 Original lithograph, signed in pencil. Dry stamp from the atelier Cassé, Paris. Ed. R.S., Paris (Dry stamp). Without
Original signed lithograph de Searle Ronald : Greetings card
Greetings card
1968 Original lithograph, signed and dated in pencil. Greetings card by Ed. Empreintes, Paris. Unknown

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Non réalisé à ce jour. All the "catalogues raisonnés"

Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « Paris Sketchbook », R. S. et Kaye Webb, Ed. Perpetua Books, 1958
  • « R. Searle », P. Soupault & autres, Cab. des estampes, Ed. Bib. Nationale, 1973
  • « La famille Cassé », Ed. Michel Cassé, Paris, circa 1975
  • « Ronald Searle », Ed. Mayflower, 1979
  • « Ronald Searle », Dr A. Duckers, in revue Graphis n°212, 1980
  • « 45 ans de dessins », Ed. Denoël, 1984
  • « Ronald Searle : a biography », Russel Davies, Ed. Sinclair-Stevenson, 1990
  • « R. Searle dans le Monde », Ed. Le Cherche Midi, Paris, 2001
  • « To the Kwai and Back, War Drawings 1939-1945 », Souvenir Press/First Ed. Thus, 2006
  • « Ronald Searle remembered », cat., Chris Beetles Gallery, Londres, 2012
To read from the artist :
  • « Ah oui, je m’en souviens très bien. Paris 1961-1975 », Ed. Denoël, 1988
  • « Ronald Searle », Russel Davies, documentaire, BBC, 2005
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