Chris Beetles Gallery

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Struggle For Supremacy

Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird) (1887-1965)

Price

£350

Medium

Pen and ink

Dimensions

2 x 3 ¼ inches

Illustrated

Punch, 22 January 1958, Page 137

Exhibited

'The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1865-2019', Chris Beetles Gallery, November 2019-January 2020, No 70

'Many sportsmen were misled by a remark in The Times that last week's big fight at the Empress Hall was part of the struggle for supremacy between promoters Levene and Solomons. They had hoped that at last the impresarios themselves would get up there and exchange a bit of punishment.'

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