Caricaturist, Cartoonist, Photographer, Illustrator, b. 1936 -
Ralph Steadman is known for his work in illustrations, design, and writing. Born in 1936, the British artist attended the London College of Printing where he began his long career as a cartoonist. His work has a satirical bent that was not appreciated at first. However, cult-status collections, such as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which he created to complement the dark-humored writings of Hunter S. Thompson, brought him into the limelight.
Steadman drawings represent creativity and a unique sense of artistry. He is most famous for his work in books like Animal Farm and Alice in Wonderland. Ralph Steadman's prints and originals for sale are highly prized by collectors world-wide. His work is so well-regarded that he was inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame in 2017. Make sure the next print you own is extra special by buying rare signed lithographs drawings for sale online and at auction.
Ralph Steadman (British b.1936) Sigmund Freud † a set of seven, each signed and numbered 17/98 in pencil, screenprints on Somerset Waterleaf paper, with signed and numbered folio certificate (folded), and folio case, certificate 56.5 x 76 cm, prints individually framed and glazed to size, largest 75 x 87 cm Qty: (9)
Ralph Steadman (British b.1936) The Hunting of the Snark † a set of six, each signed and numbered 2/65 in pencil, etchings on wove paper with White Ink Ltd blindstamp, each sheet 46 x 31 cm, four framed and glazed 38.5 x 53.5 cm
Ralph Steadman, (American b. 1936) Ralph Steadman Millennial Stamp Design". Purchased Christie's London 12/6/2001 Lot 212 Unsigned. Pen and ink on graph paper. 16in. x 11 1/2in (41cm. x 29cm) Framed: 17in. x 12in (43cm. x 31cm) Ralph Idris Steadman is a British illustrator best known for his collaboration with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. Ralph Steadman is a true polymath much like his hero, Leonardo da Vinci, and has worked in multiple disciplines, creating set designs, film posters, sculptures, writing and performing his own songs, an eco opera and writing and illustrating his own books. .
RALPH STEADMAN (BRITISH B.1936) Exchequer 1989 signed and numbered 2/18 in pencil screenprint in colours on 400gsm Bockingford Mould wove from The Cabinet of the Mind series image 91 x 75cm framed ARR
RALPH STEADMAN (BRITISH 1936-) WEEPING COTTAGES, FUENMAYOR - 1992 Signed and dated ‘92 lower right, inscribed ’Weeping Cottages, Fuenmayor, Nr. Logrono, Rioja', ink, wash and watercolour 22.5cm x 41.5cm (8.75in x 16.25in)
Ralph Steadman (British, b. 1936) The Eyes Have It A pair of hand-painted shoes Acrylic on linen held in a purpose-made perspex box This lot was part of an auction of artist decorated shoes, using Terry de Havilland platform wedges, called Fu*k Me! Shoes in 2006. The contributing artists include: Allen Jones, Sir Peter Blake, Sandra Blow, Gus Cummins, Frank Phelan, Bruce Maclean, Peter Edwards, Christian Furr, Stella Vine, Sarah Lucas, Patrick Hughes, Ralph Steadman,David Shrigley, Olly & Suzi, Rupert Gatfield, Brendaon Neiland, Richard Evans, Don Smith, Stuart Luke Gatherer, Bill Jacklin, and Gray Jolliffe. Dimensions: 10 in. (H) x 10 in. (W)
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- Lizard Lounge, 1997; monochrome screenprint on wove, signed in pencil and inscribed A/P, sheet: 56.5 x 75.5 cm, (framed) ( ARR)
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- A set of 17 screenprints from 'Sarajevo Spectrum'; 17 screenprints in colours on wove, signed and numbered J2-J21 (J1, J6, J10, J12 are absent) in pencil, each sheet: 49 x 36cm, (unframed) (ARR) (17)
Illustrated literature: Steadman (Ralph) Illustrated literature A collection of 22 volumes, including: Steadman (Ralph) I. Leonardo, First edition, presentation copy inscribed and doodled by Steadman to the half title, including surface damage to the page labelled with an âoopsâ, dated 1983, original cloth, discoloured, dust jacket price clipped, short tear to fore edge corner, 1983 § Adams (Richard) & Aldridge (Alan) illustrator, The Adventures and Brave Deeds of the Ship's Cat on the Spanish Maine, First edition, inscribed by Adams âTo Charlesâ to front free endpaper verso, original printed boards, 1977 § Jones (Barbara) Design for Death, First UK edition, dust jacket price clipped, 1967; with others by Barbara Jones including four Christmas cards illustrated by her, one signed; also with illustrated childrenâs books and others similar, v.s. (22)
▲ Ralph Steadman (b.1936) Untitled signed 'R STEADMAN' l.r., pen and ink 39.5 x 30.5cm Condition Report: Framed: 40.5 x 31.5cm A little very slight creasing with some faint smudges of light surface dirt however presents well overall. Not viewed out of glazed frame.
λ RALPH IDRIS STEADMAN (WELSH B.1936)FIGURE IN PROFILE, SAID TO BE GENERAL DE GAULLEPen on paper Signed (lower right)35.8 x 46.3cm (14 x 18 in.)Provenance: Ottocento Interiors, West SussexPlease note measurements do not include the frame unless otherwise stated.
† Ralph Steadman (b. 1936), The Guests, inscribed, signed and dated in pencil 'Ralph Steadman '98' (lower right), 'Out of Series' offset lithograph, image 49 x 69.5 cm, sheet 58.5 x 53 cm, framed and glazed 64.5 x 89 cm
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- Intimate Art Series (Complete Set of 12), 1993; each screenprint in colours on wove, each signed and numbered '1/7 AP' in pencil, published by Peacock, each sheet: 36.6 x 32.6 cm, (unframed) (ARR) (12)
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- A set of 17 screenprints from 'Sarajevo Spectrum'; 17 screenprints in colours on wove, signed and numbered J2-J21 (J1, J6, J10, J12 are absent) in pencil, each sheet: 49 x 36cm, (unframed) (ARR) (17)
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- Choiseul Crested Pigeon, 2011; St Helena Giant Hoopoe, 2011; Jamaican Red Macaw, 2011; Double Banded Argus, 2011; Moor Pen And Needless Smut, 2011; each archival Inkjet on Somerset 300gsm Paper, each signed and inscribed 'A/P' in pencil, aside from the edition of 36, each sheet: 71 x 54 cm, (unframed) (ARR) (5) ",
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- Pallas's Cormorant, 2011; Extinct New Zealand Moa, 2011; The Laughing Owl, 2011; Martinique Amazon Parrot, 2011; Liverpool Pigeon, 2011; The Extinct Guadalupe Caracara, 2011; Di Dodo, 2011; each archival Inkjet on Somerset 300gsm Paper, from the 'Extinct Birds' series, each signed and inscribed 'A/P' in pencil, aside from the edition of 36, each sheet: 71 x 54 cm, (unframed) (ARR) (7)",
Steadman, Ralph (1936 Wallasey) "Personnel selection", mixed media on paper, titled lower left, approx. 50x76cm sheet size, 71x101cm with glass frame, paper with traces of age Steadman, Ralph (1936 Wallasey) "Personnel selection", Mischtechnik auf Papier, links unten handschriftlich bezeichnet, ca. 50x76cm Blattgröße, 71x101cm mit Glasrahmen, Papier Altersspuren
STEADMAN RALPH: (1936- ) British illustrator, best known for his collaboration with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. An extensive correspondence collection of forty-two A.Ls.S. (the majority to the versos of postcards, many featuring images of Steadman's work) and nine T.Ls.S., Ralph, sixty-six pages (total), 4to and smaller, various places (Maidstone, Kent, France and Italy), March 1980 - January 1997, all to Tom Maschler. The substantial, and often amusing, correspondence covers a wide range of subjects, including Steadman's work, in part, 'Many thanks for your letter and your marvellous enthusiasm. I am very happy that Cape & your good self are prepared to take me on with a project that hardly has any bones yet.....I doubt if I will begin Leonardo for 2 or 3 months but that does not prevent me reading about my subject and making notes which is how I set about the book on Freud' (18th March 1980), 'It's fascinating sitting in spots where the old boy [Leonardo da Vinci] might have sat. I was unable to lie on his bed or use the secret tunnel used by Francois I to visit him daily' (25th April 1981), ' "Bloody good!!" he said when he caught sight of the first drawing. "How many more are there?" "How many do you want?" "That depends" "On what?" "How many disciples turn up - can you manage another eleven - No problem' (31st August 1982), 'If he can sell 5000 copies there must be another 50,000 who would buy it if they only knew about it - at least. There is a huge army of committed fans over there [America] but I don't think they know the book exists. All I know is when I did a signing the queue went down the street - New York & West coast. Maybe they were all my fans and there aren't any more but do you believe that. Anyway, one of these days we'll blast through the bullet proof barrier & wonder why we worried' (21st December 1984), 'When Glasgow Art Gallery asked for copies of "I Leonardo" to sell during the course of my exhibition there, they were informed that you are now completely out of the 2nd edition. Surely it is worth a reprint even for this country only' (3rd May 1985), '...[I] have been asked to front a T.V. show on our attitudes to animals (J. G. Ballard, Brian Aldiss etc to be interviewed) I've just been to a bullfight, so I'm on dodgy ground' (28th September 1995). 'I will be researching the ways of cannibals - where they were - who they ate - who tasted best and what their favourite sauces are. Did they have head chefs - table manners - religious symbolism & belief in the powers allotted to various parts of the body......Are we in fact missing a vital part of our diets which no amount of lamb or pig can assuage?.....It's a wide & wonderful subject Tom, and in the metaphysical sense we act like cannibals today in this dog eat dog society of ours' (19th October 1995), 'I have read The Mildenhall Treasure - it is a fine TRUE tale of trust and paranoic avarice. Though, Butcher's wife knew. I love the descriptive atmospherics as much as [Roald] Dahl's grasp of human nature. It could be special, but why, I ask myself am I illustrating Dahl, when I could be hurling myself into Rabelais' (16th June 1996), 'I was thrilled to hear from you again. We have now reorganised the answering machines especially for you so that if you want to sing a song, tell me a story, or recite a piece of concrete poetry, you know I will hear it in future' (n.d., although 1996), 'Two things in defence of the "Snags". Defence one: Children love repetition. Defence two: Childrem don't recognise sophistication; only the inherent spirit of fun, the game itself played out between parent & child. I know. It has been tried out on a nursery school full of children and they ask for more. Defence three even: It is a great way to learn punctuation & a wonderful way to read pictures....' (18th June 1996), 'I am in search of magic - in search of Roald Dahl. What made him tick?' (26th November 1996), 'Over the last few months I have been doing some strange but intriguing, and funny!, pictures in the evenings on my knee (on paper of course) which I call my knee jobs. They seem like the basis for a book though I don't quite know how or why' (6th January 1997), 'Cannibals at the moment are rife in the world of publishing, literart meat-eaters, retail/wholesale packagers, remainderers of books which are in their prime, even 'Animal Farm' which is No. 3 in the best 100 books of the 20th century - trashed because 'its sale has gone down to a trickle' and who, I wonder, is prepared to admit blame?......Unless the book smells like a Body Shop and leaps off the shelf to bite you up the arse, what chance do new books have, except one on cannibals who might like a piece of arse for supper' (19th January 1997), 'I hope that our chat yesterday settled the final touches for our collaboration to reincarnate one of Roald Dahl's wonderful true stories' (29th April 1999), 'Here is something to get your teeth into. The spider's mouth is the hole at the back of Dahl's chair - it needs my cryptic explanation' (n.d.), 'I have avoided planning new booksm but I have not been idle.....I have been involved in a modern dance based on the last years of Picasso....I have done the centenary portrait of T. S. Eliot for The Poetry Society celebration in September. That led to a curiosity to see how I could portray his face in paint & I completed 6 paintings of his visage. He has a strange face......Channel 4 are keen to do a film about my Welsh speech based on the 'BOYO' tapestry and I am making a 10 minute short based on a conversation I invented between Marcel Duchamp & Luis Bunuel......I have always felt that the people who do well out of my book signings are the book shops since I give more of a performance that a mere 'Jeffrey Archer' type signing' (n.d., although 1993). Several of the letters are illustrated with a small caricature alongside the signatures. Some very light, minimal age wear, VG, 51 Tom Maschler (1933-2020) British publisher who, from 1960, was head of the publishing company Jonathan Cape for more than three decades. Maschler was also instrumental in establishing the Booker Prize in 1969.
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- Cabinet Of The Mind - Home Secretary, 1989; Cabinet Of The Mind – Defense, 1989; Cabinet Of The Mind – Environment, 1989; Cabinet Of The Mind - Exchequer, 1989; Cabinet Of The Mind - Prime Minister, 1989; Cabinet Of The Mind - Social Services, 1989; each screenprint in colours on Bockingford Mould 400gsm, each signed and numbered 18/18 in pencil, each sheet: 96 x 112 cm, (unframed) (ARR) (6)
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- Choiseul Crested Pigeon, 2011; St Helena Giant Hoopoe, 2011; Jamaican Red Macaw, 2011; Double Banded Argus, 2011; Moor Pen And Needless Smut, 2011; each archival Inkjet on Somerset 300gsm Paper, each signed and inscribed 'A/P' in pencil, aside from the edition of 36, each sheet: 71 x 54 cm, (unframed) (ARR) (5)
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- Untitled; Mum, 1993; each etching with aquatint on wove, (i) plate: 56.6 x 56.1 cm, (ii) signed and inscribed 'OK' in pencil, sheet: 53.8 x 83.5 cm, (unframed) (ARR) (2)
§ RALPH STEADMAN (BRITISH, b.1936) RALPH STEADMAN (BRITISH, b.1936) Untitled signed, inscribed and dated 'For/WILLIAM/from/Ralph Steadman 11/07/2000' (right) crayon, felt pen and ink 28 x 23 cm. (11 x 9 in.) (unframed)
Steadman (Ralph) Between the Eyes, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Mike and Mimi from Ralph Steadman 12.19.84" with doodle of monster in silver felt-tip pen on double-page title, 1984; The Grapes of Ralph, signed by the author with doodle on half-title, 1992; The Grapes of Ralph, signed presentation inscription from the author "for Mary Gassasy from Ralph Steadman" on half-title, jacket price-clipped, 1994, first editions, illustrations by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, spine ends creased, top edges a little toned; and 7 others by Steadman, v.s. (10)
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936 - Painted plate, 1987; glazed ceramic, signed and dated on the reverse 'Ralph Steadman 27.2.87', diameter 25.2 cm: together with 3 other glazed ceramic plates by the artist of the same size (4) (ARR) Provenance: private collection, purchased from a charity auction c.1987
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- Untitled; Mum, 1993; each etching with aquatint on wove, (i) plate: 56.6 x 56.1 cm, (ii) signed and inscribed 'OK' in pencil, sheet: 53.8 x 83.5 cm, (unframed) (ARR) (2)
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- Picastwo, 1994; Assassin, 1993; Inner Thoughts; Godhead Tulum, 1993; Bull & Pit Bull, 1993; each screenprint in colours on wove, each signed in pencil, four numbered from the edition of 30, each sheet approx.: 102 x 92 cm, (unframed) (ARR) (5)
§ RALPH STEADMAN (BRITISH B. 1936) RALPH STEADMAN (BRITISH B. 1936) How Pleasant to Meet Mr. Eliot, Queen Elizabeth Hall, A Celebration of the Centenary of the Birth of T.S. Eliot signed in plate Ralph Steadman (lower left) offset lithograph printed in colours 60 x 42 cm together with five further Ralph Steadman offset lithographs to include exhibition posters from the October Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art, Galerie Kramer and others, 60 x 42 cm (each). (6)
Steadman (Ralph) Extinct Boids, number 87 of 150 copies signed by Steadman with loose signed and numbered print in portfolio, colour illustrations throughout, original cloth, housed together in original cloth drop-back box (with internal corner tear), original publisher's numbered card box, folio, 2012.
Steadman (Ralph) Gonzo the Art, signed by the author on title, 1998; Between the Eyes, 1984; The Grapes of Ralph, 1992, first editions, illustrations by Steadman, original boards, dust-jackets, light toning to spine; and a quantity of others, including c.40 other works by Steadman, and other ephemera related to the artist, including a wine label designed by Steadman, v.s., v.d. (sml qty)
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936 - Painted plate, 1987; glazed ceramic, signed and dated on the reverse 'Ralph Steadman 27.2.87', diameter 25.2 cm: together with 3 other glazed ceramic plates by the artist of the same size (4) (ARR) Provenance: private collection, purchased from a charity auction c.1987
Ralph Steadman (b.1936) Cowboy Felt-tip pen and purple ink on paper napkin, circa 1980s, signed in ink, image 255 x 230mm (10 x 9in) This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- Cabinet Of The Mind - Home Secretary, 1989; Cabinet Of The Mind – Defense, 1989; Cabinet Of The Mind – Environment, 1989; Cabinet Of The Mind - Exchequer, 1989; Cabinet Of The Mind - Prime Minister, 1989; Cabinet Of The Mind - Social Services, 1989; each screenprint in colours on Bockingford Mould 400gsm, each signed and numbered 18/18 in pencil, each sheet: 96 x 112 cm, (unframed) (ARR) (6)
Ralph Steadman (b.1936) Disneyland Offset lithograph, circa 1977, signed, dated and dedicated in black ink, from the edition of unknown size, the full sheet printed to the edges, on wove paper, sheet 472 x 673mm (18 5/8 x 26 1/2in) This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Ralph Steadman (b.1936) The White Rabbit, from Alice in Wonderland Lithograph, circa 1967, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50, on wove paper, with full margins, sheet 640 x 507mm (25 1/4 x 20in) This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Ralph Steadman (b.1936) Fattum! Felt tip pen on paper, circa 1980, signed in red ink and inscribed 'Fattum!' in black ink, the full sheet 303 x 230mm (12 x 9in) This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Ralph Steadman (b.1936) Cowboy Felt-tip pen and purple ink on paper napkin, circa 1980s, signed in ink, image 255 x 230mm (10 x 9in) This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
RALPH STEADMAN (BRITISH B.1936) The Little Tin Bullring each signed and numbered 7/10 in pencil the complete suite of nine screenprints in colours on wove each sheet 101.4 x 56cm unframed 9 ARR
RALPH STEADMAN (BRITISH B.1936) Sarajevo Spectrum each signed and numbered D1-D21 in pencil twenty-one screenprints in colours on wove each sheet 49 x 36cm unframed 21 ARR
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- The Danger of Perspective (from the I Leonardo Collection); offset lithograph on wove, signed and numbered 106/300 in pencil, sheet: 59.4 x 44.9 cm, (unframed) (ARR)
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936- Various subjects; six screenprints in colour, all signed in pencil by the artist, and numbered 18/18 all measure approximately 102 x 92 cm, (all unframed) (ARR) (7)
Ralph Steadman, British b.1936 - Female nude study, 1987; pencil, pen and ink on paper, signed and dated along lower edge 'Ralph Steadman 30.5.87', 50.5 x 34 cm (unframed) (ARR)
Steadman (Ralph) Sigmund Freud, signed presentation inscription from the author with a drawing a nude woman with a thought bubble "I could look quite decent if I knew which way to sit..." to endpapers, 1979; I Leonardo, signed presentation inscription from the author with a drawing of a cat to half-title, 1983; The Big I Am, signed presentation inscription from the author with a drawing of a face to half-title, 1988, original boards, dust-jackets, fine, 4to (3)
RALPH STEADMAN (BRITISH B.1936) Nose Job, Ok Too, Pedestal and Many Happy Returns 1993 each sheet signed and numbered 15/30 in pencil four screenprints in colours on wove from the Intimate Arts series each sheet 36.8 x 32.8cm unframed 4 ARR
RALPH STEADMAN (BRITISH B.1936) Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas and Nixon: The Performing Giant Squid each signed and numbered 64/250 and 3/30 retrospectively in pencil two lithographs on wove sheets 56 x 78.8 and 56.7 X 76cm framed 2 ARR
§ RALPH STEADMAN (BRITISH B.1936) RALPH STEADMAN (BRITISH B.1936) Artist Department, Growing Fear, Downwardly Nubile and Life's Ambition, 1993 each sheet signed and numbered 1/7 AP n pencil, each artist's proofs aside from the edition of 30, four screenprints in colours on wove from the Intimate Arts series, each sheet 36.8 x 32.8cm, unframed (4) ARR
