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Russell Brockbank (British,

Sold for £620 at Martel Maides on Mar 22, 2018.

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Russell Brockbank (British, 1913-1979) - an original motor racing / rallying cartoon illustration depicting a group of rally cars speeding past The Rest & Be Thankful' country pub, an angry resident leaning out of the window with fist raised, for The Daily Express, indian-ink and body-colour on wove paper, signed, with clipping of the published newspaper cartoon pasted verso, titled 'There is a hooligan fringe, but the sport is growing', with notes of publication date, 7th Nov. 1964 and Stock date stamp, the drawing 4 3/8 x 14in. (11.1 x 35.5cm.) plus margins, unframed, two tears and some creasing to right hand edges. * Condition: Vertical fold to centre. Two 2 1/2in. tears to upper and lower edge to right hand side and some creasing, dirty smudges and a small tear to right hand end of paper. Some white overpainting and ink corrections to centre (around bonnet of the Rover P6), showing corrections to the original drawing by the artist, plus a few smaller corrections elsewhere. Old tape adhesive line to left hand margin verso.

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