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131 Irwin D. Hoffman
(Amer., 1901-1989) The Leatherneck, 1943. Etching with drypoint, signed and dated in plate lower right, titled and signed in pencil in margin below, 27.5 x 19.7cm. Depicts an American naval officer with a tropical harbour view in background. Hoffman was an esteemed portrait painter, lithographer and etcher who received the John Taylor Arms prize from the Society of American Etchers and the Pennell Purchase Prize (Library of Congress). |
$550 |
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132 Frank C. Norton
(1916-1983) Crane and Section Scaffolding, Williamstown, 1944. Pencil drawing, titled, signed and dated below, 27.9 x 38.1cm. Shows a shipyard in Williamstown, Victoria during WWII. |
$990 |
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133 Vincent Brown
(1901-2001) Madonna del Lago, 1945. Lithograph, annotated "artist's proof", titled and signed in pencil below image, 35.8 x 43.8cm. Illustrated in Bloomfield, Vincent Brown: Life and Work, 1980, p78. |
$790 |
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134 Lawrence Beal Smith (Amer., 1909-1989) Seaside Nomads, 1945. Lithograph, signed and dated in image lower left, signed and titled in pencil below image, 24.1 x 34cm. |
$440 |
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135 Sybil Craig
(1901-1989) From a photograph [surf life savers marching], c1946. Pastel, titled and signed in pencil below, 30.2 x 40.6cm. Slight discolouration overall. |
$1,350 |
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136 Kemble Blackpool, Go by Train, British Railways, c1950s. Gouache, annotated and signed in pencil below, 51 x 33.7cm. Laid down on original backing. Annotation reads "Suggestion for Blackpool poster. Kemble." |
$1,100 |
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137 Robert Emerson Curtis (1898-1996) Looking North from Elizabeth Street…, 1951. Pencil drawing, signed, dated and titled in pencil below, 34.5 x 25.5cm. Old tape marks verso, slight soiling to edges. Title continues "before the building of 'Chifley Square' in 1961-62." Curtis made additions to the drawing after 1951 and subsequently modified its title. |
$1,100 |
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138 Muriel Medworth
(1903-1964) [Boats in the Moonlight], 1952. Watercolour with highlights in pastel and pencil, signed and dated in pencil lower left, 33.2 x 46.9cm. Pinholes to corners. Provenance: Artist's estate. |
$1,650 |
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139 Frederick Halpern
(b.1909) Japan, c1955. Etching and aquatint, printed à la poupée, editioned 6/25, titled and signed in coloured pencil in margin below, 26.4 x 17.3cm. Austrian-born artist and writer, Frederick Halpern studied painting and printmaking techniques in both Vienna and Paris. Throughout his career he travelled extensively. He settled in Australia in the early 1950s. |
$440 |
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140 Robert Emerson Curtis (1898-1996) [Sydney Harbour from the Air], c1960. Ink and wash drawing, signed in ink lower centre, 30 x 50cm. Large portion replaced upper right, repaired tears to centre. |
$990 |
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