11 Max Angus (Australian, b.1914)
Tasmania For Your Next Holiday. Cataract Gorge From Royal Park,
Launceston, c1930s. Colour lithograph, signed in image lower
right, 99.9 x 63.3cm. Repaired slight tears, creases, pinholes
and old folds, some repainting to margins, minor foxing. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Mercury Press, Hobart."
$2,900
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12 Anon
Adelaide Calling, c1930s. Colour lithograph, Government Publicity
and Tourist Bureau South Australia logo in image lower left,
101.7 x 63.3cm. Repaired tears, creases and pinholes to image
and margins. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Holiday attractions all the year round. Information
from tourist bureaux and travel agencies in all states."
$5,500
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13 Anon
BOAC. It's A Small World By Speedbird, c1939. Colour process
lithograph, 97.6 x 60.6cm. Some stains and foxing, repaired slight
paper loss, tears and creases overall. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "British Overseas Airways Corporation in association
with Qantas Empire Airways, South African Airways, Tasman Empire
Airways. 46/359/7M/II/47/LPE."
The plane illustrated is the Hythe Speedbird flying boat, which
commenced service in 1939 in Europe and continued until 1974.
It was brought into service on the route to Australia in 1946.
When the first Qantas flying boat took off in 1938 from Sydney's
Rose Bay bound for England, passengers were provided with fishing
lines for use on any of the thirty stops along the way.
$2,900
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14 Alan Rogers
Speed And Comfort - The World's Largest Air Liners. Imperial
Airways, The British Air Line, c1931. Colour lithograph, signed
in image upper right, 76.4 x 50.8cm. Repaired minor tears to
margins and pinholes to corners of image. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "1A/X/50. Printed in England at the Baynard Press,
London, SW9."
The eight Hannibal model four-engined airliners started operating
in 1931, and serviced routes to Egypt, India, Central Africa,
and South Africa. The luxurious interiors contained 24 seats
in Pullman-style upholstery and full meals were served. The aircraft
were requisitioned for use in WWII and by the end of 1940 all
were destroyed.
$3,900
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15 James Northfield (Australian, 1888-1973)
Koala (Native Bear) [sic]. Australia, c1932. Colour lithograph,
signed and Australian National Travel Association logo in image
lower right and centre, stamped "R.G. Sincock" in lower
margin, 101.6 x 63.2cm. Repaired tears, creases and pinholes
to image and margins. Linen-backed.
Text
includes "Australian National Travel Assoc., 435A Collins
St, Melb., Australia; Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square, London;
114 Sansome St, San Francisco, USA. Poster No. 9 produced by
Northfield Studios and J.E. Hackett, Melbourne, Australia."
Illustrated in Hetherington, James Northfield and the Art of
Selling Australia, 2006, p53.
The koala, often referred to as a bear, is really a marsupial.
Its nearest relative is a wombat. The word "koala"
is Aboriginal for "no drink."
4,900
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16 John Vickery (Australian, 1906-1983)
Discover Australia, c1934. Colour lithograph, signed and Australian
National Travel Association logo in image lower left and right,
101.6 x 62.9cm. Repaired minor tears, creases and cracks. Linen-backed.
Text
includes "During the celebrations (1934-35). Victorian &
Melbourne Centenary… Sydney Festival fortnight… Australian
National Travel Association. London, San Francisco, Wellington,
Melbourne. J.T. Picken & Sons, Pty Ltd, Melbourne."
$2,900
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17 Anon
Winter Cruising Then And Now. Orient Line Cruises, c1935. Colour
lithograph, 9 x 61.5cm. Repaired minor creases and slight tears
to image. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Today, you cruise to pleasant places and climates
in the complete comfort of an Orient 20,000-tonner. Hollander
& Govett Ltd."
$2,900
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18 Percy Trompf (Australian, 1902-1964)
Western Australia, c1936. Colour and process lithograph, signed
and Australian National Travel Association logo in image lower
right and centre, 101.7 x 63.4cm. Repaired slight tears and creases
to edges of image and margins. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Particulars at shipping offices and travel agencies.
Australian National Travel Association London, Los Angeles, Toronto,
Batavia, Shanghai, Tokyo, Paris, Cairo, Bombay, Wellington, Melbourne
(Head Office). Troedel & Cooper Pty Ltd. Litho Melbourne,
Vic. Aust."
$2,400
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19 James Northfield (Aus., 1888-1973)
Australia For Sunshine And Romance, c1936. Colour lithograph,
signed and Australian National Travel Association logo in image
lower right, 100.1 x 125.3cm. Minor foxing and discolouration,
repaired missing portions, tears and creases overall. Linen-backed.
Text
includes "Australian National Travel Assoc., 435A Collins
St, Melb., Australia. Poster No. 2. Produced by Northfield Studios
and J.E. Hackett. Melb. Australia." Illustrated in Hetherington,
James Northfield and the Art of Selling Australia, 2006, p48.
An ethereal Cobb & Co. coach appears in lower portion.
$4,400* *A smaller version (39.7 x 63cm)
of this poster is available for $2,400.
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20 Richard Beck (Australian, 1912-1985)
Orient Line Cruises, 1937. Colour and process lithograph, signed
and dated in image lower centre, 100 x 62.1cm. Minor foxing,
stains, repaired creases and old folds overall, repaired pinholes
to edges. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Orcades and Orion - First class only. Orford
- Two classes (first and tourist). Printed in England. The Baynard
Press, [London]." Held in National Gallery of Victoria collection.
$3,900
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