Lot 423: HARRY HARGREAVES (1922-2004)

HARRY HARGREAVES (1922-2004)
A VARIETY OF SPECIES INCLUDING SLOANE'S SPENDSWIFT, SWINGING BLUE FINCH AND KNIGHTSBRIDGE MEN HARRIER
SIGNED 'HARGREAVES' (lower right); and variously inscribed with species and habitat
pen and black ink and watercolour, unframed
18¾ x 14½ in. (47.7 x 36.8 cm.)
Sold with a copy of Life Magazine

Life Atlantic, London, 20 March 1967, pp 64-67.

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.