 The Art of WaterCollectors' List 121 2006 |
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81 James Adamson
(Scottish, active 1880s-1930s) "Archer II", c1902. Platinum print photograph, blind stamp lower right, titled in pencil verso, 22.5 x 27.2cm. Stamp reads "Adamson Rothesay NB." James Adamson, was a photographer in Rothesay, on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. He took ship portraits dating from the 1880s, and was responsible for one of the most comprehensive collections of sailing and steam ship photographs for the period. Most of the pictures were taken just after the ships were built. |
$1,100 |
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82 James Adamson
(Scottish, active 1880s-1930s) "Meteor III", c1902. Platinum print photograph, blind stamp lower right, titled in pencil verso, 23 x 27.8cm. Stamp reads "Adamson Rothesay NB." Kaiser Wilhelm's yacht, Meteor III, recorded the fastest time over the Queen's Course at Cowes in 1902. |
$1,100 |
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83 J.L. Kennedy ["Wallaroo" Ferry], 1904. Watercolour, signed and dated in ink lower right, 45.3 x 65.1cm. Slight discolouration to edges. |
$1,650 |
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84 Traugott Senn
(Swiss, 1877-1955) Am Thunersee [Swiss lake], 1910. Colour lithograph, signed and dated in image lower right, publisher, printer and title below image, 30 x 41.2cm. Publisher's and printer's line reads "Verlag von Rascher & Cie in Zürich, Künstler Steinzeichnung Blatt 5. Kunstanstalt Kümmerly & Frey Bern." |
$660 |
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85 Lionel Lindsay
(1874-1961) St. Kilda Fishing Boats, 1914. Etching, signed in plate lower left, inscribed in pencil in margin below, 11.8 x 19cm. Faint blue wash to upper right corner. Inscription reads "To Mrs Frank Cleary from the Etcher." Mendelssohn #113. |
$990 |
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86 Alfred Coffey
(1869-1950) Clyde Street, Milson's Point, Old Sydney, c1915. Etching, titled, signed and editioned 14/20 in pencil in margin below, 39.1 x 24.1cm. Slight soiling to margins, signature slightly rubbed. |
$990 |
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87 John Shirlow
(1869-1936) Melbourne from the West, 1919. Etching, numbered "37" in pencil in margin above, signed and dated in plate upper left, signed in pencil in margin below, label verso, 16.5 x 21.8cm. Slight foxing overall. This etching comes from Shirlow's Melbourne Set. |
$660 |
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88 Mary Ann Fuchs [European Harbour Scene], c1920. Hand-coloured drypoint, signed in plate lower left, annotated and signed in pencil in margin below, 15 x 17cm. Discolouration to margins. Annotation reads "Original etching." |
$330 |
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89 Alan Row & Co. (active 1920s) ouble Bay from Clarke Island, 1920. Silver gelatin photograph, panorama, titled, numbered "No. 2" and photographer's template with date in negative, 23.8 x 100.2cm. Crinkles, minor insect damage to left side, vertical creases to right side. Framed. Template reads "Sydney 1920. Alan Row & Co. 6 Mountain St." |
$660 |
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90 Gerard A. Hardy Tiarks (1868-1951) [Australian Venus with Seagulls], c1920. Watercolour, signed lower right, 38.4 x 32.1cm. The unique style and finish of Tiarks' watercolours are reminiscent of an illustrator working in the early part of the 20th century. |
$2,900 |
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