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Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning world politics, the economy and recreation. 1972?-80].
- Date
- 1972 - 1980
- By
- Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
- Reference
- C-132-845/863
- Description
Includes cartoons on: the flooding of the Clutha Valley, the housie-influenced mother, TV commercials (ie election propaganda) a good time to make a cup of tea, panic among ANZ bank customers over threatened closures, dogs which steal, influencing the sex of an unborn child, the rising cost of living, supply of arms to the Middle East (Richard Nixon supplies Moshe Dayan, and Brezhnev supplies Nasser?), commemmoration of the battle of Britain seen as a rugby game, Haile Selassie (?) knocks his head against the UN Security Council brick wall, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as the puppetmaster of Turkish and Greek armies, Vietnamese boy asks what peace is, US President Gerald Ford gets advice from a guard who is holding aloft a USA top hat which is being riddled with bullet holes, British PM Edward Heath steps into the political limelight, terrorist Ugandan President Idi Amin arrives at a British conference and sends the British scurrying, huge piles of containers are backed up in the harbour, New Zealand's helping hand to Rhodesia does not includes acceptance of black immigrants, French President Giscard D'Estaing attacks New Zealand sheep exports.
Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q).
Inscriptions: Recto - Signed by artist.
Quantity: 19 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 595 mm.
Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?]. / Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].
- Format
- 19 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 595 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :Get back into the car and shut the forty four or I'll belt...
Date: 1975
From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[27 boxes of cartoons drawn for the "Dominion", 1970-1980s?].
Reference: C-132-846
Description: Mother in curlers and slippers with a smoke hanging out her mouth has one of her children by the scruff of the neck. She tells him to get back into and stay in the car while she continues playing Housie. Exhibited in 'Harpies & Heroines: A cartoon history of the changing roles of women in New Zealand' Exhibition curated by Rachel Macfarlane and Cerridwyn Young of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at the National Library Gallery, 11 July - 26 October 2003. Published in 'Harpies & Heroines' book published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in 2003. Extended Title - The Otahuhu Games from Judy McGregor. HOUSIE tonight and every night. Heads down! Clickety-click! All the nines! Three six! Our mummy's saving up for a housie. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 510 x 630 mm.