Tonight:
5°c
Scarfe's Yes Minister art on sale
Evening Standard 20 Feb 2008A Gerald Scarfe drawing for the opening titles of the Yes Minister TV series goes on sale at an art fair from 21 February.
The piece, which shows Paul Eddington as Jim Hacker MP, Derek Fowlds as principal private secretary Bernard Woolley and Nigel Hawthorne as Sir Humphrey Appleby, is priced at £7,500.
It is one of hundreds of works at the 20/21 International Art Fair, described as an event for beginners at collection.
Pieces from China, Japan, Russia, Africa, Australia, Ukraine, Poland and France will line up alongside works by British artists including Henry Moore and Walter Sickert.
Prices are from a few hundred pounds to £200,000 for a Modigliani portrait. The event is a companion to the British Art Fair.
• The 20/21 International Art Fair is at the Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, from 21-24 February. Admission £5, www.20-21intartfair.com
