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.)