Les Gibbard - Catalogue of Original Artwork for Political Cartoons

Les Gibbard

Original Artwork

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‘The best political cartoonist in any

newspaper today... Gibbard is the hammer of the Tories.’

Rt Hon. Roy Hattersley MP

‘He speaks more pithily in a few simple lines than most of us do in a lifetime of speeches!’

Lord Callaghan of Cardiff

‘Sharp and witty, and often more eloquent

than the written word.’

‘I am an avid collector of Les Gibbard’s

cartoons. He is, to my mind, by far the

best political cartoonist of our day... he

has a quite unique way of capturing the

heart of an issue and of being funny and

sharp at the same time.’

Rt Hon. Paddy Ashdown MP

‘He always manages to capture the

political moment.’

Rt Hon. Sir Norman Fowler MP

Rt Hon. Kenneth Baker MP

‘Barbed without malice.’

Catalogue £10

self portrait

Rt Hon. Kenneth Clarke

Les Gibbard

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‘Gibbard’s cartoons provide the reader with more insight into politics than

they would get from whole shelves of Hansard. I look at his cartoons and

wish I had thought of them as a joke for my next speech. From a politician there can be no higher praise. He has often disturbed my morning Tube train by making me laugh out loud.’

Robin Cook MP All artwork provenance the artist’s estate

Les Gibbard Few political cartoonists have received the questionable honour of being accused of treason by the Sun. Hounded for his criticism of the conflict in the Falklands, Les Gibbard’s response to the tabloid showed both the sting and the self-restraint that was typical of his best work: ‘My attitude was that he who lived by the sword had to expect to run into a few pricks.’

Originally born in New Zealand in 1945, Gibbard began his career as a trainee reporter for a local newspaper at the age of 16, sketching town council meetings in his spare time and studying the work of the esteemed wartime cartoonists David Low and Philip Zec. After moving to the UK in 1967, he worked briefly as a freelance caricaturist before joining the Guardian team in 1969, taking over the role of the fatigued Bill Papas as political cartoonist, the youngest such appointment the newspaper had ever made.

At the time, the Guardian stood as something of a champion for cartoon work, in Gibbard’s words a ‘dream shop window’ offering artists prime editorial real estate on the front and back pages and working with them to produce sketches of unusual shapes and sizes. A testament to Gibbard’s immense skill, he worked extremely quickly, often producing multiple sketches for editors to choose from and frequently at the last minute so as to offer the most up to date commentary on current events.

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1.

35 x 27 cm,

£850

As well as his cartoon work, which featured in the Daily Telegraph and Evening Standard amongst others and earned him the eminent status of Margaret Thatcher’s bête noire, Gibbard attended classes on animation in the 1970s, leading to his own animated political series ‘Newshound’. In the mid to late ‘80s he developed further television work for Channel 4’s ‘A Week in Politics’ and the BBC’s ‘On the Record’, later lending his hand to children’s TV projects including an animated ‘The Wind in the Willows’ and the Oscar-nominated ‘Famous Fred’.

As is often the case with caricaturists, underlying Gibbard’s drawings was a masterful draughtsmanship, honed from early childhood when his mother encouraged him to draw all scenes that surrounded him. Bold and unabashed in his depictions of political figures, the character conjured in so few strokes and lines are evidence of his total command of the medium.

Gibbard died in 2010 after undergoing surgery, leaving behind him a wealth of political commentary and mockery. Sketches and drawings offered here represent the sheer breadth of topics Gibbard covered in his time, from Miners’ Strikes to the Hutton Inquiry, and his prolonged ability to serve up incisive comment with wit and originality.

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88.

27 x 45 cm,

£650

4 | LES GIBBARD

2.

15 x 38 cm,

£650

3.

24 x 37 cm, 1986, The Guardian,

£850

| 5

4.

6.

31 x 25 cm, 1993,

27.5 x 30 cm,

£550

£500

5.

16.5 x 13 cm,

£350

7.

24 x 29.4 cm,

£550

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6 | LES GIBBARD

9.

20 x 25 cm, 2004,

8.

20 x 27 cm, 1975,

10.

19 x 25 cm,

£500

£500

£500

| 7

11.

28 x 26 cm,

£650

12.

13.

20 x 26 cm,

£550

38 x 24 cm, 1981,

£650

8 | LES GIBBARD

14.

18 x 27 cm, 2004, The Independent,

15.

26 x 37 cm,

£550

£550

| 9

16.

20 x 24.5 cm, 1991,

17.

20 x 28 cm, 1991,

£650 ‡

£650 ‡

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10 | LES GIBBARD

18.

19.

28 x 36 cm, 1975, The Guardian,

24 x 35 cm, 1988, The Guardian,

£750 ‡

£650

| 11

20.

21.

20.5 x 19.5 cm, BBC On The Record,

16 x 24.5 cm, 2003, The Independent,

£650

£500

12 | LES GIBBARD

22.

26 x 36 cm, 1991, The Guardian,

£550

23.

26 x 36 cm, 1990, The Guardian,

£650

24.

30.5 x 51 cm, BBC On The Record,

25.

24 x 37 cm, 1988,

£650 ‡

£950

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14 | LES GIBBARD

26.

25 x 29 cm, 1991,

27.

19.5 x 22.5 cm, 1991, ‡

£750 ‡

£650 ‡

Illustrated in Double Decade Omnibus, ed Les Gibbard, 1991

| 15

28.

30.

27.5 x 12.5 cm,

£450

18 x 13 cm, 2003 The Evening Standard,

£500

29.

14.5 x 22.5 cm, The Guardian,

31.

16.5 x 28.5 cm,

£450

£375

16 | LES GIBBARD

32.

27 x 33 cm,

£650

33.

28 x 34 cm,

£650

| 17

34.

35.

25 x 35 cm,

ÂŁ600

24 x 37 cm, 1993, The Guardian,

ÂŁ650

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18 | LES GIBBARD

36.

37.

25 x 34 cm,

28 x 41 cm, 1994,

£650

£750

38.

30 x 52 cm, BBC On The Record,

39.

£750

26 x 40 cm, 1988,

650

20 | LES GIBBARD

40.

42.

25 x 25 cm,

23 x 21 cm,

£500

£450

41.

43.

26 x 19 cm, 1992,

23.5 x 21 cm,

£500

£500

| 21

44.

45.

21 x 38 cm,

ÂŁ750

25 x 19.5 cm, 2005,

ÂŁ500

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22 | LES GIBBARD

46.

49.

12 x 12 cm,

16 x 10 cm,

£250

£300

47.

50.

17 x 5.5 cm, Newsnight,

20 x 13.5 cm,

£300

£300

48.

20 x 12 cm, 1973, The Guardian,

51.

10 x 7 cm, The Guardian,

£300

£275

| 23

52.

21 x 25 cm, 1991,

£550 ‡

53.

22 x 27.5 cm, 1991,

£550 ‡

24 | LES GIBBARD

54.

26 x 28 cm, 1991,

£750 ‡

55.

20 x 23 cm, 1991,

£750 ‡

‡

Illustrated in Double Decade Omnibus, ed Les Gibbard, 1991

| 25

56.

33 x 25 cm, 1990,

ÂŁ750

57.

33 x 26 cm,

ÂŁ750

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26 | LES GIBBARD

58.

59.

27 x 37 cm, 1987,

27 x 38 cm, 1985,

£650 ‡

£850 ‡

‡

Illustrated in Double Decade Omnibus, ed Les Gibbard, 1991

| 27

60.

61.

16 x 20.5 cm, 1991,

21.5 x 25 cm, 1991,

£750 ‡

£750 ‡

28 | LES GIBBARD

62.

27 x 40 cm,

63.

£750

27 x 37 cm, 1990,

£750 ‡

| 29

65.

64.

35 x 28 cm,

66.

16 x 32 cm, BBC On The Record,

15.5 x 31 cm, The Guardian,

£450

£750

£450

67.

22 x 22 cm,

£450

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30 | LES GIBBARD

68.

20 x 20 cm, 1991,

£750 ‡

69.

23 x 25 cm, 1991,

£650 ‡

| 31

70.

30.5 x 24 cm, 1988,

£600 ‡

72.

19.5 x 30 cm, BBC On The Record,

71.

£450

30 x 25 cm, 1989, The Guardian,

£600 ‡

32 | LES GIBBARD

73.

31 x 22 cm, 1981,

£750

74.

‡

37 x 26 cm, 1988,

£650 ‡

Illustrated in Double Decade Omnibus, ed Les Gibbard, 1991

| 33

75.

44.5 x 18.5 cm, 1979,

£750 ‡

76.

20 x 22 cm, The Guardian,

77.

19 x 24 cm,

£375

£450

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78.

79.

24 x 38 cm, 1986,

£650 ‡

26 x 36 cm, 1989, The Guardian,

£650

| 35

80.

81.

84.

18 x 11 cm,

14 x 35 cm, The Guardian,

£300

18.5 x 30 cm, The Guardian,

£550

82.

£450

20 x 11 cm, The Guardian,

£300

83.

85.

18 x 13 cm, 1974, The Guardian,

£300

22.5 x 30.5 cm, 1973, The Guardian,

£400

36 | LES GIBBARD

86.

24 x 38 cm, 1993, The Guardian,

87.

27 x 38 cm,

£650

£550

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