Lot 1336 , Joseph Lee The Police got too hot on the doped racehorses racket so we switched to doping the bookies .., overall 20 x 12in.

Joseph Lee
ink and wash cartoon,
'The Police got too hot on the doped racehorses racket so we switched to doping the bookies ..',
signed and inscribed in the margin,
overall 20 x 12in.
Estimate £150-200

Ink and blue wash on paper heightened with white, very slight but even discolouration to the ground paper which is just taking on a very light beige tone, one tiny surface scratch showing top of the grandstand beside the flag, a small brown dirt scuff mark at the bottom near 6 o'clock, original typed caption laid onto the work at the bottom, overall but for the one small dirt mark essentially good condition, in plain card mount and ebonised frame, label verso for Old Church Galleries of Chelsea.


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Sold for £140