73 Anon
Chang And Fak-Hong's United Magicians Presents Elle, c1920s.
Colour lithograph, 63.8 x 44.2cm. Repaired minor tear to left
margin. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Lit. Hija E. Mirabet-Pizarro. 29 Valencia. Made
in Spain."
$1,100
|
74 Anon
The Great Chang Presents Fak-Hong's Japanese Review, c1920s.
Colour lithograph, 63.9 x 44.4cm. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Lit. Hija E. Mirabet, Pizarro. 29 Valencia. Made
in Spain."
$1,100
|
75 Unknown
Jean Sarment Et Margeurite Valmond, 1926. Colour lithograph,
signed "NAT" and dated in image centre left, 110.3
x 75.2cm. Repaired minor surface loss to image. Linen-backed.
$2,900
From the 1930s, French actor Jean Sarment (1897-1976) also became
a writer and was active until the 1970s.
$880
|
76 Anon
At The Show See The Death-Defying Drivers In The Revolving Gyro-Globe,
c1939. Colour linocut, 76 x 50.6cm. Repaired tears, creases and
missing portions overall. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "1st appearance. It's a daredevil Durkin Bros
attraction. Read Press, Brisbane."
The State Library of Queensland holds a 1939 photograph showing
two drivers from the Gyro-Globe motorbike act at Brisbane's exhibition
ground.
$1,650
|
77 Anon
Le Amson's Variety Arena, c1930s. Colour letterpress and woodcut,
96.1 x 37.7cm. Repaired slight tears and creases to edges, minor
foxing and old folds. Linen-backed.
Text
includes "Le Amson, the famous escapologist. Late of Barnum
and Bailey's Circus, in an act that borders on the miraculous,
Le Amson escapes from police and prison, handcuffs (German and
American), straight-jackets, leg irons, shakes, locks, chains
and ropes. Le Amson, the jail-breaker, will escape from a German
straight-jacket whilst suspended above bayonets and swords. The
ropes that support his body will be set on fire. Should he fail
to escape Le Amson will be pierced to death… The most brilliant
and distinctive motor show touring Australia. J.F. Williams,
Printer, 234 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne."
$990
|
|
78 Raymond Gid (French, 1905-2000)
Exposition Ethnographique Des Colonies Francaises. Musée
D'Ethnographie Du Trocadero, 1931. Colour lithograph, signed
and dated in image lower centre and right, 60.4 x 39.4cm. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Ministère de l'Instruction Publique et
des Beaux-Arts. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle…Ouverture
le 29 Mai 1931."
$2,200
|
79 Tom Purvis (British, 1888-1959)
Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations, Sydney, c1938. Colour
lithograph, signed in image centre left, 100.9 x 63cm. Replaced
and repainted portions and repaired tears. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Summer season. Jan. to April 1938. Issued on
behalf of Australia's 150th Anniversary Council by the Australian.
National Travel Association, London, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Shanghai,
Wellington, Toronto, Paris, Batavia, Cairo and Melbourne. (Head
Office)." Tom Purvis was considered to be the best British
commercial designer of his time.
$11,000
|
80 Anon
Her Majesty's Theatre [Ballarat] …Two Act Opera, "A
Nautical Knot", c1939. Linocut and letterpress text printed
in red and black, 101.6 x 37.9cm. Repaired tears, creases and
slight paper loss, some stains and foxing. Linen-backed.
Text
includes authors Maud Elizabeth Inch and W. Rhys-Herbert, director
T. Leslie Middleton, orchestra leader Walter Gude, and list of
cast members. Printed by Powell Print, Ballarat. Opera also known
as The Belle of Barnstapoole.
$990
|
81 Unknown
Barton's Follies. Another Big New Company Of Funny Comedians,
Gorgeous Girls, Lovely Scenery, Beautiful Wardrobe & Sweet
Music, c1940s. Linocut printed in two colours, signed "LAR"
in block lower left, letterpress text in lower margin, 101.6
x 38cm. Repainted portions to edges of image and margins, repaired
tears and creases, slight foxing. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "F.S. Pacey and Sons, Parkes St., Ryde. Phone:
Ryde 178."
$1,100
|
82 Anon
Visit of Beresford Fowler Shakespearean & Modern Comedy Co…At
The National Theatre, Launceston, c1949. Woodblock and letterpress
text, printed in blue, 101.4 x 38.2cm. Slight stains, foxing
and perforations, repaired tears, creases and old folds. Linen-backed.
Text
lists performance dates and plays to be staged: Shaw's Candida
and Mrs Warren's Profession, Noel Coward's Hay Fever, Ibsen's
A Doll's House, Suderman's The Fires of St John, and Shakespeare's
The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar and Hamlet. Text includes
"Examiner Print, Launceston."
$880
|
|
