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25 Hans Heyson The Plough, 1918. Etching, signed lower right, 7.2 x 7.6cm. Heysen's etchings are more usually signed by his son David. This, however, was printed in Hans Heysen's lifetime and bears his own signature. |
$1,900 |
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26 Hans Heyson (Two Goats), c.1918. Etching, signed lower right, 7 x 4.6cm. Heysen's etchings are more usually signed by his son David. This, however, was printed in Hans Heysen's lifetime and bears his own signature. |
$1,900 |
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27 Louis Icart Seagulls, 1926. Drypoint printed in colour, titled and signed, an oval 53.3 x 42.5cm. Minor insect damage to edge of image. Printed a la poupée method. |
$2,900 |
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28 George Lambert "To Record a Charming Meeting", c.1925. Pen & ink, 18 x 26cm. Foxed overall. Quick sketch of elegant woman on Coogee Bay Hotel, Coogee, NSW letterhead. |
$590 |
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29 Lionel Lindsay (1) The Ballad of Buccaneering, October 1896. Original mss, 2 pp. from sketch book, 36.7 x 12.3cm overall, joined and mounted together. (2) The Pirate Captain (A Ballad of Buccaneering), c.1896. Etching, No. 5, printed by Victor Cobb, signed in the plate, 15 x 9.8cm. Unique. This is the manuscript text used for the etching - which is a very early and rare example of LL's etching. |
The Two $5,900 |
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30 Sydney Long (Christmas Card), (1) 1923, (2) 2nd state. Two etchings, (1) 9.7 x 16.4cm (2) 8.7 x 14.5cm. The Christmas Card of 1923 is printed on heavy white paper and is unsigned. The second state is signed; the plate has been trimmed and lettering removed. |
The Two $1,900 |
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31 Sidney Nolan Praise to Jean Cocteau (Skull), c.1950s. Carbon & ink drawing, initialled lower right, 16 x 14cm. Written verso "Tell Jean Cocteau that I adore him, the only person for whom the myth opens its gates and from which he returns bronzed as from the seashore. Rainer Maria Rilke." Nolan did a number of carbon drawings: this one seems to be embellished with the impression of a coin. A drawing of a skull is also verso. |
$490 |
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32 Walter Richard Sickert Café Interior, 1893. Pencil, dated Nov 15 '93 lower left, 15.1 x 10cm. Framed. Provenance: Louise Powell 1946: together with letter from Louise Powell to Mr Street dated 1946. Spink, St. James', London. Labels verso. |
$3,900 |
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33 Arthur Streeton (Art Union Ticket), c.1898. Lithograph, 33.8 x 21cm. Old staining to left hand side, small paper loss, repaired tear along centre fold. Very rare. Ticket No. 784 in an Art Union, cost 5/-, to raise money for Streeton's first overseas trip. One of the prizes was his painting Oblivion. The Committee of the Art Union was Tom Roberts, Dr John McDonagh, Alfred Conroy, Walter Reeks. |
$3,900 |
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34 Violet Teague & Geraldine Rede Night Fall in the Ti-Tree, 1905. Published by Sign of the Rabbit, Melbourne. Illustrated boards, silk ties, with colour woodcuts; 8vo. Slight foxing, minor insect damage to cover. This book contains the first examples of colour woodblock printing in Australia. Art Nouveau strongly influenced both artists in this ambitious experiment in printmaking. This scarce issue predates the more commonly seen, but still rare, 1905 issue. |
$5,900 |
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35 Hall Thorpe The Synagogue, 1897. Etching, signed, titled & dated in plate, 28.4 x 21.2cm. Old crease lower right corner. |
$950 |
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36 Hall Thorpe (Parrots and Possum), c.1925. Pochoir, signed lower right, 34 x 26.4cm. |
$1,850 |
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37 Christian Waller The Great Breath, 1932. Limited edition of 150 copies, this being #34, signed by Christian Waller. Published by Golden Arrow Press, Melbourne; green linen bi-fold covers with gilt decoration, gold chord binding; folio. Containing 7 linocut illustrations, printed on vellum, and 3 linocuts in the text. Produced in its entirety by Waller, this rare and beautiful folio is one of the finest examples of fine art printing of the first half of the 20th century, and shows strong Art Deco influence. |
$5,900 |
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