Dali, Salvador, 1904-1989

Date: 1993

From: Greenall, Frank, 1948- :Cartoons entered in the 1993 Qantas Media Awards

Reference: J-025-011

Description: Shows a face held up by sticks in front of a television set. In the distance is the Beehive. Refers to the 1993 Parliamentary Election and to the artist Salvador Dali. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 2013

From: Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-: Digital cartoons published in The Press, Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, and other publications

By: Dominion post (Newspaper); Murdoch, Sharon Gay, 1960-

Reference: DCDL-0025878

Description: Drawn in the style of Salvador Dali and titled after one of his lithographs, the cartoon shows the leader of the opposition, David Shearer as a disembodied head, lacking all potency and supported by multiple props. Two Labour Party supporters are holding further props. One asks 'Where shall I shove this one?' The other looks anxiously at a floppy clock ticking relentlessly to the election. By July 2013, with the Labour Party, and David Shearer in particular, lagging in public opinion polls, supporters were wearying of the attempts to prop up his leadership as an alternative to that of the government. With a year and half to the election, cutting their losses and installing a new leader seemed the more viable option. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).