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'Retarded ape happy in the knowledge that it is the ancestor of man'
Details
Ronald William Fordham Searle (b.1920)
'Retarded ape happy in the knowledge that it is the ancestor of man'
signed, inscribed and dated 'Ronald Searle/1979/Retarded ape happy in the/knowledge that it is the ancestor of man' (lower right)
pencil, black ink, watercolour and coloured crayons, unframed
12½ x 13¼ in. (31.8 x 33.8 cm.)
'Retarded ape happy in the knowledge that it is the ancestor of man'
signed, inscribed and dated 'Ronald Searle/1979/Retarded ape happy in the/knowledge that it is the ancestor of man' (lower right)
pencil, black ink, watercolour and coloured crayons, unframed
12½ x 13¼ in. (31.8 x 33.8 cm.)
Literature
Ronald Searle, The King of Beasts & other Creatures, 1979.
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