The Art of Water
Collectors' List 121 2006

141 Anon
["Aranui" ZK-AMO Flying Boat], c1960. Silver gelatin photograph, 34 x 50.2cm.
Pictures the Short Solent IV, which serviced the "glamorous Coral Route" during 1940s-60s. Flying between Auckland and the Pacific Islands, it was the enormous success of this tourist route, which effectively launched TEAL's (Air New Zealand's) standing as an international airline. The Arunui was the last of the flying boats for this route.

$1,100
142 Anon
[A Sydney Harbour Beach Scene with Qantas Travel Bag], c1960s. Colour screenprint, 35.2 x 30.4cm. Old water stains and scuff marks to margins.
Printed on heavy cardboard.
$990
143 Robert Emerson Curtis (1898-1996)
Sydney from a Spot in the Sky, c1962. Pencil drawing, title from accompanying pamphlet verso, 35 x 37cm (oval). Repaired old folds, portions missing from folds and edges, backed with acid-free tissue.
A sketch for a pamphlet of the AMP Building at Circular Quay. Interestingly, the building itself is not in this drawing.

$1,650
144 Anon
[Tony Kwek Holding Surf Board with Leslie Hanson], 1965. Silver gelatin photograph with newspaper clipping, West Australian Newspapers Limited copyright stamp verso, 15.4 x 20.4cm.

$330
145 Jeff Carter (b.1928)
At the Boneyard, NSW, 1965. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer's copyright stamp, titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, 17.5 x 29.8cm.
Illustrated and captioned in Carter, Surf Beaches of Australia's East Coast, 1968, p73: "Performance at the Boneyard, NSW."

$2,200
146 Jeff Carter (b.1928)
Nat Young, 1965. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, 24.6 x 20.2cm.
Illustrated and captioned in Carter, Surf Beaches of Australia's East Coast, 1968, p65: "Nat Young in action at Noosa Heads."
$2,400
147 Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)
[Artist and Pelican in Rowboat], c1970s. Etching and aquatint, numbered "25" and signed in pencil in margin below, 60.4 x 42.4cm. Slight discolouration to margins.
JLG3939
$1,800
148 Anon
Gottlieb's Surfers, 1976. Paint on glass panel, pinball backboard, titled, dated with manufacturer and text, 56 x 66cm. Minor paint loss overall, otherwise in good condition.
Text includes "Mfd. by D. Gottlieb & Co., 60164 USA."
$990
149 John Earle (b.1955)
Sydney Harbour, c1990. Colour screenprint with hand-colouring, editioned 44/60, titled and signed in pencil below image, 35.9 x 67.2cm.

$1,100
150 Lin Onus (1948-1996)
Gumiring Garkman, 1994. Colour screenprint, editioned 22/85, titled, signed and dated in pencil and publisher's blind stamp below image, 49.9 x 74.7cm.
Stamp reads "Port Jackson Press, Australia."

$3,300