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"Your UKIP membership card? I chucked it behind the fridge!"

Print
2004 (made), 22/07/2004 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This cartoon appeared in the Evening Standard on 22 July 2004, and is artist Marf's take on the current news story. As she describes it: 'A member of the crackpot UKIP party declares in his role of Member of the European Parliament that women should spend more time “cleaning behind the fridge” and serving their husbands – a comment that makes UKIP the laughing stock of the nation.'

'Marf' drew daily topical cartoons for the Evening Standard between March 2002 and August 2005, moving to the Londoner's Diary page in August 2003. The drawings cover key political and social issues of the period, providing a vivid and often hilarious response to the main news of the day. The Evening Standard is London's only evening newspaper, publishing up to five editions a day. In Marf's own words: 'The cartoonist needs to keep up with the rapid pace of event.'


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title"Your UKIP membership card? I chucked it behind the fridge!" (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on paper
Brief description
Reproduction of a cartoon, "Your UKIP membership card? I chucked it behind the fridge!" by 'Marf' (Martha Richler), published in The Evening Standard, 22nd July 2004; London.
Physical description
This is a print of a black and white line drawn cartoon. A woman sits in an armchair with a glass of wine. She is smoking a cigarette and reading a book. A cat is curled up on the chair with her. Her husband is standing with his hands on his hips. From the caption he has evidently just asked where his UKIP membership card is.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42cm
  • Width: 29.6cm
Production typeCopy
Marks and inscriptions
  • Thursday 22 July. (Top left, reproduced writing)
  • "Your UKIP membership card? I chucked it behind the fridge!" (Across bottom; title to piece, reproduced writing)
  • MARF (Artist signature bottom right of image, reproduced)
  • 5 [in circle] (Written in black biro, top right)
  • [scan: / 40mm x 54mm (Bottom right, reproduced writing)
  • [3-line / caption; / please / follow my / line-breaks - / thx ] (Bottom left, 'thx] cut off at bottom in copying, reproduced writing)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
Donated by the artist.
Production
Attribution note: reproduction taken by artist of original drawing
Subjects depicted
Summary
This cartoon appeared in the Evening Standard on 22 July 2004, and is artist Marf's take on the current news story. As she describes it: 'A member of the crackpot UKIP party declares in his role of Member of the European Parliament that women should spend more time “cleaning behind the fridge” and serving their husbands – a comment that makes UKIP the laughing stock of the nation.'

'Marf' drew daily topical cartoons for the Evening Standard between March 2002 and August 2005, moving to the Londoner's Diary page in August 2003. The drawings cover key political and social issues of the period, providing a vivid and often hilarious response to the main news of the day. The Evening Standard is London's only evening newspaper, publishing up to five editions a day. In Marf's own words: 'The cartoonist needs to keep up with the rapid pace of event.'
Collection
Accession number
E.383-2007

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Record createdSeptember 3, 2007
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