Lot #55: "Turtle Timpanists" Are You A Turtle Signed Gerard Hoffnung Framed Art Print

Excellent condition Frame 14.25" x 11.5" artwork 12" x 9" For musicians, his drawings resonated with insider knowledge (Hoffnung himself played the tuba, itself an amusing instrument). For those not in music, the imagery could be appreciated. Hoffnung’s works appeared in humour magazines such as Punch, as book illustrations, and in six small collections of his works, published from 1953 to 1959. In 1956, Hoffnung started his ‘Hoffnung Music Festival,’ with specially commissioned works from the leading composers of this day, poking fun at classical music, including a revision of the 2nd movement of Haydn’s Surprise Symphony to make it even more surprising, and Arnold’s A Grand, Grand Overture. Hoffnung’s wife recalled that one of the problems with the work was finding instruments in the right key: the vacuum cleaners had to be in B flat and the floor polisher in G. Arnold and Hoffnung ‘spent days trying to find just the right ones.’ Dimensions: Frame 14.25" x 11.5" artwork 12" x 9" Pickup category timeslot {A}