• Scarfe by Gerald Scarfe
  • Scarfe by Gerald Scarfe
  • Scarfe by Gerald Scarfe
  • A blue clothbound hardback stands upright on a white background. "SIXTY YEARS OF BEING RUDE" is printed down the spine of the book and the cover features "SCARFE" written in bold cursive capitals, and a trail of black inkblots.
  • A book lies open on a white background. It is open on the front endpapers. The left hand page features a full-bleed collage of posters, magazine covers, and illustrations by Gerald Scarfe. The right hand page is white, with Gerald Scarfe's signature written in a blue pen, sitting above the handwritten words “Artist’s Edition W”, denoting it as edition W of 26 copies lettered A-Z.
  • Two artworks arranged on a white background, next to accompanying envelopes. On the right, an original unique artwork by Gerald Scarfe, depicting a pink poodle wearing a collar reading “Tony”. Handwritten in the bottom left hand corner are the words “Poodle. Gerald Scarfe. Artist’s Edition W”. On the left, is a print of an illustration by Gerald Scarfe, featuring Boris Johnson, wearing Union Jack shorts, with inkblot speech bubbles of the word "GAFFE".
  • A red clothbound presentation box lays open on a white background. It's interior is an inky blue velvet, featuring a white illustration of a court jester in the cavity where the book would sit. An orange ribbon to assist in lifting the book out of it's box is visible.
  • A cyan blue clothbound hardback stands upright on a white background. "SIXTY YEARS OF BEING RUDE" is printed down the spine of the book and the cover features "SCARFE" written in bold cursive capitals, and a trail of black inkblots.
  • A book lies open on a white background. It is open on the front endpapers. The left hand page features a full-bleed collage of posters, magazine covers, and illustrations by Gerald Scarfe. The right hand page is white, with Gerald Scarfe's signature written in a purple-ish pen, and the handwritten numbers "28/200" written in the bottom right corner, denoting it as edition number 28 of 200.
  • On a white background, the blue hardback of Scarfe lies in an open presentation box. To it's right lies a red envelope, beneath an illustration by Gerald Scarfe. The presentation box is bright red and clothbound, with a inky blue velvent interior. The hardback sits within the case with an orange ribbon visible, to help lift the book out of the case. The artwork is a print of an illustration by Gerald Scarfe, featuring Boris Johnson, wearing Union Jack shorts, with inkblot speech bubbles of the word "GAFFE".
  • A red clothbound presentation box lays open on a white background. It's interior is an inky blue velvet, featuring a white illustration of a court jester in the cavity where the book would sit. An orange ribbon to assist in lifting the book out of it's box is visible.
  • The hardback of 'Scarfe' lays open on a white background. It's title page has the word "SCARFE" scrawled across the middle of the page, in inky red capitals. Beneath it, "sixty years of being rude" is typed in lower case caps.
  • A red clothbound hardback stands upright on a white background. "SIXTY YEARS OF BEING RUDE" is printed down the spine of the book and the cover features "SCARFE" written in bold cursive capitals, and a trail of black inkblots.
  • A book lies open on a white background. It is open on the front endpapers, which feature a full-bleed collage of posters, magazine covers, and illustrations by Gerald Scarfe.
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Scarfe

Sixty Years of Being Rude
  • Author
    • Gerald Scarfe
Edition of 26
£1,200
£1,200

Title information

  • Published: Nov 07 2019
  • 8760 g
  • 590 x 534mm
  • ISBN: 9781408712672
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About the Artist's Edition

  • Limited edition of 26.
  • Includes a unique original artwork by Gerald Scarfe. No two of these artworks are the same.
  • Both the edition and the artwork are signed and lettered A-Z.
  • The Artist's edition includes all the benefits of the Deluxe Edition of Scarfe and an exclusive signed print, entitled Prime Minister Boris!! God Help Us! housed in a luxurious presentation box.
  • The print and the artwork are both printed on high-quality cartridge paper and come protected in Fedrigoni Golden Star K translucent, acid-free envelopes.

The collected works of an iconic satirist

The artist's edition of Scarfe is limited to 26 copies, each numbered A-Z and including an original artwork.


In this stunning retrospective, which expands on 2005's Drawing Blood in every way, Gerald Scarfe's work is presented as no book has presented it before. This fully illustrated, 576-page volume reveals the truth of sixty years of politics and culture, packed with images that have defined not only one artist's career, but also twentieth and twenty-first century British life.


A showcase of Scarfe's glittering career in design, reportage and showbusiness, Scarfe presents drawings, sculptures and photographs alongside witty and poignant captions and stories. Scarfe's muses: Thatcher, Clinton, Blair, May and Trump, as well as many other titanic figures of our times are all here, revealed as they really are by Scarfe's cutting pen. Carefully curated by the artist himself, this monumental book is the definitive guide to the career of a national treasure.

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