3 May 2007
18:00 BST
London, New Bond Street
The Tony Banks Collection: Political art and memorabilia belonging to the late Lord Stratford
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The Tony Banks Collection: Political art and memorabilia belonging to the late Lord Stratford
Back to auction 15506
Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (b.1925)
'Lady Thatcher’s statue placed in the lobby of the House of Commons' by Dave Brown (British, b.1957)
Ink on paper, signed and dated, Dave Brown 2001
34 x 23.2 (13½ x 9¼in)
Ink on paper, signed and dated, Dave Brown 2001
34 x 23.2 (13½ x 9¼in)
Sold for
£8,400
inc. premium
Footnotes
- One of Tony Bankss most significant acts as Chairman of the House of Commons Works of Art Committee was to commission sculptor Neil Simmons to produce a larger-than-life scale statue of Margaret Thatcher, recognising her political significance as the United Kingdoms first woman Prime Minister. Controversy surrounded the intended destination of the statue, since it is against convention for a living subject to have a statue in the Lobby of the House, although this was the statues intended ultimate home.
The piece was unveiled by Lady Thatcher at the Guildhall Art Gallery in May 2002, but decapitated in July of that year by a protester. In this cartoon Brown, recognising the awesome qualities of a monumental statue of The Iron Lady, shows it animate and erupting from her trademark handbag to terrify Members of Parliament. The savagery of the representation prefigures his controversial cartoon of January 2003 portraying Ariel Sharon eating a baby based of Goyas painting 'Saturn devouring his children'.
Category: Fine Art / Portrait Miniatures
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