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Lot 423 BIRD WATCHER'S GUIDE TO LONDON (LOTS 423-427)
ALREADY WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS 'THE BIRD' SERIES IN PUNCH, IN 1967 HARRY HARGREAVES WAS APPROACHED BY LIFE MAGAZINE TO PROVIDE A GUIDE TO THE GIRLS AND FASHIONS OF LONDON. HARGREAVES CAME UP WITH THE BIRD WATCHER'S GUIDE TO LONDON. IN A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIONS HE PROTRAYED THE VARIOUS 'DOLLY BIRDS' OF SWINGING SIXTIES LONDON AS A VARIETY OF SPECIES OF BIRDS IN THEIR UNIFORMS AND NATURAL HABITATS. THE MAGAZINE'S EDITORS WERE SO PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS THAT THEY DECIDED TO REPLACE THE IMAGE OF JOHN F. KENNEDY THEY WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO USE ON THE FRONT COVER WITH ONE OF HARGREAVES'S ILLUSTRATIONS, ONE OF THE FEW TIMES A BRITISH ARTIST WAS CHOSEN TO PRODUCE A FRONT COVER FOR LIFE.
ALREADY WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS 'THE BIRD' SERIES IN PUNCH, IN 1967 HARRY HARGREAVES WAS APPROACHED BY LIFE MAGAZINE TO PROVIDE A GUIDE TO THE GIRLS AND FASHIONS OF LONDON. HARGREAVES CAME UP WITH THE BIRD WATCHER'S GUIDE TO LONDON. IN A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIONS HE PROTRAYED THE VARIOUS 'DOLLY BIRDS' OF SWINGING SIXTIES LONDON AS A VARIETY OF SPECIES OF BIRDS IN THEIR UNIFORMS AND NATURAL HABITATS. THE MAGAZINE'S EDITORS WERE SO PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS THAT THEY DECIDED TO REPLACE THE IMAGE OF JOHN F. KENNEDY THEY WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO USE ON THE FRONT COVER WITH ONE OF HARGREAVES'S ILLUSTRATIONS, ONE OF THE FEW TIMES A BRITISH ARTIST WAS CHOSEN TO PRODUCE A FRONT COVER FOR LIFE.
HARRY HARGREAVES (1922-2004)
A VARIETY OF SPECIES INCLUDING SLOANE'S SPENDSWIFT, SWINGING BLUE FINCH AND KNIGHTSBRIDGE MEN HARRIER
Closed6 December 2011
Price Realised
GBP 375