21 Richard Beck (Australian, 1912-1985)
Norway And Northern Capitals. Orient Line Cruises, 1937. Colour
process lithograph, signed and dated in image lower right, 100.4
x 62.5cm. Repaired old folds and tears, slight foxing and stains
overall. Linen-backed.
$3,900
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22 Douglas Annand (Aus.,1903-1976)
and Max Dupain (Aus.,1911-1992)
Australia, c1937. Colour process lithograph,
signed by Annand and Australian National Travel Association logo
in image lower left and right, 100.5 x 63.4cm. Linen-backed.
This
image was illustrated in Sydney Ure Smith's The Home magazine,
which was one of Australia's most sophisticated and stylish publications
of its time, and ran from 1920 to 1942. Distinguished artists
and photographers commissioned by Ure Smith to produce covers
and illustrations included Hera Roberts, Thea Proctor, Margaret
Preston, Frank Hinder, Douglas Annand, Harold Cazneaux and Max
Dupain.
$3,900
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23 Rhys Williams (Australian, 1894-1976)
A New Air Map From The Australian Viewpoint. Qantas Empire Airways,
c1938. Colour process lithograph, signed in image lower left,
101.7 x 66.1cm. Linen-backed.
Text
includes "Great circle courses to the four quarters of the
Earth. Radial lines passing through Sydney are true great circle
courses (shortest routes from Sydney). The concentric circles
give equal distances from Sydney to all points in statute miles.
Qantas Empire Airways on His Majesty's service and yours. Map
plotted by W.H. Maze. Copyright Qantas Empire Airways Ltd."
$4,900
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24 James Northfield (Australian, 1888-1973)
See The New Zoo. Go By Fast Electric Train To Royal Park Stn,
c1939. Colour lithograph, signed and Victorian Railways logo
in image lower right, 100.8 x 63.8cm. Repaired tears, scuffing
and old folds. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Take a Kodak. Poster No. 199." Illustrated
in Hetherington, James Northfield and the Art of Selling Australia,
2006, p41.
$3,900
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25 Percy Trompf (Australian, 1902-1964)
Australia. The Tallest Trees in the British Empire - Marysville,
Victoria, c1939. Colour process lithograph, signed and Australian
National Travel Association logo in image lower right and centre,
54.6 x 34.1cm. Repainting to missing portion to lower left corner
of image, minor creases and tears to margins. Linen-backed.
Most
of the trees in the Marysville area were lost in a major bush
fire in 1939. The trees regenerated over a seventy-year period
and then were again destroyed by a major bush fire in Victoria
in 2009.
$2,600
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26 Walter Jardine (Australian, 1884-1970)
Qantas Empire Airways. The Skyways Are Today's Highways, 1939.
Colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, 101.6 x 63.8cm.
Repaired old fold to lower portion of image and minor tear to
right margin. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "To Australia, to New Zealand, to Netherlands
East Indies, to Malaya & India, to Egypt & Africa by
Empire Flying Boat. Qantas Empire Airways Limited (Incorporated
in Queensland) Boylan & Co. Pty Ltd. Sydney."
Depicts a Short "C" Class Empire flying boat named
"Cooee" taking off in Rose Bay, Sydney.
$5,900
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27 James Northfield (Australian, 1888-1973)
Canberra. Australian Capital Territory. Australia, c1940s. Colour
process lithograph, signed in image centre right, 100.9 x 63.8cm.
Repaired pinholes and creases to margins. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Particulars at government, shipping & travel
offices. Australian National Publicity Association. Railway Building,
Flinders Street, Melbourne. No. 101. Photo Litho, McLarens, Melbourne."
Illustrated in Hetherington, James Northfield and the Art of
Selling Australia, 2006, p58.
$3,300
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28 James Northfield (Australian, 1888-1973)
Mornington, Victoria, Australia, 1947. Colour lithograph, signed
and Victorian Railways Australia logo in image lower right, 101.7
x 64cm. Repainted missing portions and repaired tears and creases
to edges of image and margins. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Take a Kodak. Poster No. 225. Queen City Printers."
Illustrated in Hetherington, James Northfield and the Art of
Selling Australia, 2006, p36.
About 90km from Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, which was
settled in the 1840s, is flanked by Port Phillip Bay, Western
Port Bay and Bass Strait.
$4,400
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29 James Northfield (Australian, 1888-1973)
Apollo Bay, Victoria,
Australia, 1947. Colour process lithograph, signed and Victorian
Railways Australia logo in image lower right, 101.7 x 64.3cm.
Repaired pinhole to centre of image, repainted portions, repaired
tears and creases to edges of image and margins. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Take a Kodak. Poster No. 226. Queen City Printers
Pty Ltd, Melbourne." Illustrated in Hetherington, James
Northfield and the Art of Selling Australia, 2006, p34.
$3,900
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30 Anon
Qantas Presents The Super Constellation, c1947. Colour lithograph,
90.9 x 61.3cm. Repaired minor surface loss to upper right of
image. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Australia's Overseas Airline." Other impressions
have additional text "Qantas Empire Airways Ltd in association
with BOAC, BEA and TEAL. Posters Pty Ltd Litho. in Australia."
Rare poster showing the new Qantas Constellation launched in
1947.
$7,900
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