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93 Anon
Revenge Of Frankenstein, c1958. Colour lithograph, 75.6 x 33cm. Repaired tears with paper loss to upper and lower centre of image. Linen-backed.
Text includes "Presented for the first time in colour. A living corpse walks the night - it is the revenge of Frankenstein. Columbia Pictures presents a Hammer Production. Peter Cushing, Francis Mathews, Eunice Grayson. Not suitable for children. Technicolor. Produced by Anthony Hinds, Directed by Terence Fisher. Robert Burton, Pty Ltd, Sydney."
$990

94 J. Revs
Grandiosa Corrida De Toro…Plaza De Toros De Madrid. Fiestas De San Isidro, Patrón De Madrid. (Splendid Bullfight…Festival of San Isidro, Patron Saint of Madrid), 1958/1959. Colour lithograph with woodblock and letterpress text, in two sheets, signed and dated in image centre left and right, dated in letterpress on image upper right, 239.2 x 109.7cm. Repaired tears, creases and missing portions. Linen-backed.
Letterpress text includes "Mayo 1959…6 Toros…" Text in image reads "Ortega Valencia 668. Prohibida la Reproduccion. Dep. Leg. V. 980-1958. Lit. Ortega. Barco, 12 - Valencia."
Original issue, not one of the more commonly seen reprints.
$3,900

95 Anon
Alf Roberts Variety And Hill-Billy Co. All Star Cast. Leading Melbourne Artists From Radio, Stage, And Screen!, c1960s. Woodblock and letterpress text, printed in blue, annotated "Glen Thompson 10th Jan" in crayon and ink in various hands in upper margin, 53.4 x 40.5cm. Strikethrough from partial stamp verso to lower right of image, slight soiling, repaired old folds and creases. Linen-backed.
Text includes "After travelling throughout Australia with some of the leading shows, including the Buddy Williams show, I am bringing to you internationally famous artists from every entertainment sphere…two and a half hours of good, clean entertainment. Fun, fast and furious" and lists performers such as "Alf Roberts, Sensational and Daring Sharpshooting Act."
$770

96 After Antonio Frasconi (American, b.1919)
Pete Sings! Pete Seeger, America's Most Famous Folk Singer, c1963. Screenprint printed in red and black, artist in image lower centre, 76.2 x 51.1cm. Repaired tears and missing portions to margins. Linen-backed.
Text continues "[Sydney University] Union Theatre, September 6, 7, 9, & 21. Woodcut of Pete Seeger by Antonio Frasconi."
Pete Seeger toured Australia in 1963, sparking a revival in folk music and introducing songwriters such as Bob Dylan to Australian audiences.
$660

97 Anon
Une Femme Disparait (The Lady Vanishes). Un Film De Alfred Hitchcock, c1964. Process lithograph printed in red and black, 119.3 x 80.3cm. Repaired slight tears, creases and old folds, minor stains to edges. Linen-backed.
Text continues "Distribution Albina Productions. Ets St Martin imp. Paris." The poster lists forty-nine of the fifty-three movies Hitchcock made from 1926 to 1964.
$990

98 Anon
Direct From London, Flying BOAC - Heinz, Flying Ansett ANA - Billy Thorpe [And The] Aztecs...Surf City, c1964. Process lithograph with screenprint in green and black, 76.2 x 50.7cm. Crazing, surface loss, minor foxing, repaired slight tears and creases. Linen-backed.
Text includes bands "Poison Ivy, Mashed Potato Boys, Ray Columbus and the Invaders, T.V. Stars."
Surf City was a leading live music venue in the 1960s, on the site of the current Kings Cross Station in Sydney.
$990

99 Anon
Screaming Lord Sutch, Direct From London, BOAC, Surf City, 1964. Process lithograph with screenprint in green and black, 76.6 x 50.2cm. Slight crazing and stains, repaired surface loss, pinholes and creases. Linen-backed.
Text includes bands "Billy Thorpe, Aztecs, Digger Revell, Kevin Todd, Laurel Lea, Barry Stanton, Kelly Green, Dave Bridge Trio."
Screaming Lord Sutch toured in Australia for three weeks in July/August 1964. Sutch also had a political career in Great Britain and was the founder of several political parties, including the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, which ran from 1983 to 1997 and frequently won hundreds of votes.
Surf City was a leading live music venue in the 1960s, on the site of the current Kings Cross Station in Sydney.
$990

100 John Coburn (Australian, b.1925)
The Biennale Of Sydney. Opera House, 1973. Colour screenprint, signed in image lower right, 101.7 x 76.4cm. Repaired minor tears to margins, slight scuffs and creases overall. Linen-backed.
Text continues "Nov 23, 1973." In 1973 the Biennale of Sydney held its first, modest exhibition of thirty-seven artists in the exhibition hall of the new Sydney Opera House, an event opened by the Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. Taking part were artists from fifteen countries, over half being from nations in the Asia Pacific region. This recognition of the links between Asia and Australia, and the showcasing of Asian contemporary art within a wider western context, was quite visionary for that time.
$2,650

101 Quinn
King Of Pop Awards, The TV Week Australian Popular Music Awards, 1976. Colour process lithograph, signed and TV Week logo in image lower right and centre, 76.2 x 50.6cm. Repaired slight tears and paper loss. Linen-backed.
King of Pop Awards ran from 1967 to 1978. John (then Johnnie) Farnham won the award in the years 1969-1973. In 1976 the King and Queen of Pop titles went to Daryl Braithwaite and Marcia Hines, and Olivia Newton-John won in the Best Australian International Performer category.
$880

102 Anon
King Of Pop Awards, The TV Week Australian Popular Music Awards, 1977. Colour process lithograph, TV Week logo in image upper centre and lower right, 76 x 51.3cm. Repaired slight tears and creases. Linen-backed.
King of Pop Awards ran from 1967 to 1978. John (then Johnnie) Farnham won the award in the years 1969-1973. In 1977 the King and Queen of Pop titles went to Daryl Braithwaite and Marcia Hines, as they did in 1976, and Slim Dusty won in the Most Popular Australian Country Musician category.
$880

103 John Coburn (Australian, b.1925)
Queensland Festival Of Arts. John Coburn, 1978. Colour screenprint, signed and dated in pencil on image lower right, signed in image lower right, 100.3 x 70.8cm. Minor crazing to surface overall. Linen-backed.
Text continues "St John's Cathedral, Philip Bacon Galleries, September 1978." One thousand screenprints of this image were printed, twenty of which were signed by Coburn.
$3,900
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