At the V&A
Drawing
2008 (drawn)
2008 (drawn)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
From 2002 until 2005 the cartoonist Martha Richler (Marf) drew daily topical cartoons for the Evening Standard, moving to the 'Londoner's Diary' page in August 2003. Her drawings covered key political and social issues of the period, providing a vivid and humorous response to the main news of the day. Marf made this drawing in April 2008 on the back of a letter to the Director of the V&A. It was made on the spot in the museum, and in the letter she explains: 'Every few minutes, a different person sat in the same seat, near the main information desk. What a wonderful figure-drawing class it was!'
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | At the V&A (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink |
| Brief description | Pen and ink drawing by Marf (Martha Richler) showing a seated visitor to the V&A, 2008 |
| Physical description | Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman looking away from the viewer, holding in her hand a sheet of paper with 'V&A' in red at the top. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'MARF / (at the V&A, 2008)' (Signed and inscribed bottom right) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | Martha Richler (Marf) made this drawing on the back of a letter which she sent to Mark Jones, Director of the V&A, on 6th April 2008. In the letter she writes: 'This is a sketch I made in January [2008] at the V&A… Such an extraordinary assortment of visitors - a real feast for the eye (particularly for the cartoonist's eye!). Every few minutes, a different person sat in the same seat, near the main information desk. What a wonderful figure-drawing class it was!' |
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| Place depicted | |
| Summary | From 2002 until 2005 the cartoonist Martha Richler (Marf) drew daily topical cartoons for the Evening Standard, moving to the 'Londoner's Diary' page in August 2003. Her drawings covered key political and social issues of the period, providing a vivid and humorous response to the main news of the day. Marf made this drawing in April 2008 on the back of a letter to the Director of the V&A. It was made on the spot in the museum, and in the letter she explains: 'Every few minutes, a different person sat in the same seat, near the main information desk. What a wonderful figure-drawing class it was!' |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.472-2008 |
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| Record created | June 13, 2008 |
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