Live Auction 5950Children's Books, Original Illustrations and Vintage Film Posters
Christie’s roundel
Lot 61

Norman Thelwell (1923-2004)

"Make up your mind! Do you want The Kinks or Freddie and The Dreamers?"

Closed10 December 2009

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GBP 1,187

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Norman Thelwell (1923-2004)
"Make up your mind! Do you want The Kinks or Freddie and The Dreamers?"
signed and inscribed 'thelwell/"MAKE UP YOUR MIND! DO YOU WANT THE KINKS OR FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS?" (lower left)
black chalk, pen and black ink and wash heightened with touches of white, unframed
7½ x 10 5/8 in. (19 x 27 cm.); and one unframed drawing by the same hand entitled 'We apologise for the break in transmission and continue our programme with the flip-side of the Stones' latest recording.' (2)

Specialist note

These two cartoons from the 1960s refer to the popularity of pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline which were able to play Pop music at a time when the licensed radio stations did not. Radio Caroline was the subject of a recent film directed by Richard Curtis called The Boat That Rocked.