104 Plionio Codognato (Italian, 1878-1940)
Tutto Il Nostro Risparmio Alla Patria (All Our Savings To Our
Country), c1914-1918. Colour lithograph, signed in image upper
right, 101.1 x 70.4cm. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Pilade Rocco, Impression d'Arte."
The poster features an oversized Italian war loan collection
box, shaped like a stylised bomb, being lifted into the air by
a large crane. Held in Imperial War Museum collection in Great
Britain.
$1,800
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105 E.B. Studios (Australian, active 1910s-1920s)
Back Your Cheers With Your Money. Buy Peace Bonds, c1918. Colour
lithograph, studio line in lower margin, 99.6 x 73.3cm. Replaced
and repainted portions to edges of image and margins, slight
stains, repaired tears and creases overall. Linen-backed.
Studio
line reads "E.B. Studios, Sydney."
Held in Imperial War Museum collection in Great Britain.
$3,300
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106 James Northfield (Australian, 1888-1973)
Lest We Forget. Buy Peace Bonds, c1920s. Colour lithograph, signed
in image lower right, 73.8 x 43.6cm. Replaced and repainted portions
to edges of image including text, repaired old folds and tears.
Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Sands & McDougall Pty Ltd." Illustrated
in Hetherington, James Northfield and the Art of Selling Australia,
2006, p17.
$2,600
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107 Anon
Air Crews Wanted Now, c1936-1945. Colour and process lithograph,
74 x 48.6cm. Slight foxing lower left, repaired tears and missing
portions to edges of image. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Wanted immediately for the RAAF as: pilot (age
18 to 31), air observer (age 18 to 32), wireless operator - air
gunners (age 18 to 32). Apply RAAF recruiting centres in capital
cities and voluntary selection committees in country centres.
AF 1."
$1,650
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108 Anon
The Enemy Listens - Z-z-zip Saves Soldier's Lives, c1940s. Colour
process lithograph, 41.6 x 28.1cm. Minor stains and foxing to
edges of image and margins. Linen-backed.
$1,100
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109 Anon
Danger. When Found Do Not Touch. If You Find Any Of These Articles,
Leave Them Alone, And Tell Your Local Police Officer, School
Teacher Or Air Raid Warden, c1945. Colour process lithograph,
100.7 x 75.6cm. Repaired missing portions, tears and creases,
slight stains. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Issued by the Commonwealth Department of Home
Security, Canberra, under arrangements with the Queensland Civil
Defence Organisation. A.H. Tucker, Government Printer, Sydney."
$1,650
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110 Anon
They'll Be Proud Of You In This. Join The AIF Now!, c1945. Colour
process lithograph, 74 x 46.9cm. Repaired tears, missing portions
and old folds overall. Linen-backed.
$1,100
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111 Anon
Aerial Mines Used By Axis Forces, c1945. Colour process lithograph,
101.1 x 61.7cm. Repaired slight tears and pinholes to edges,
minor foxing and creases overall. Linen-backed.
Text
includes "Issued by the Department of Home Security in collaboration
with the Department of the Navy. Security: This sheet is secret
and official, and is the property of the Department of Home Security.
It is issued for the information of Civil Defence personnel only.
It must not be displayed before, nor the information it contains
disclosed to any other persons. It must be retained at the official
quarters of personnel to whom it is issued… (The mines illustrated
on this sheet have not so far been used by the Japanese against
Australia)." Poster depicts and describes type C, D and
G mines and their artificial silk parachute.
$1,650
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112 Anon
Votes For Women, 1915. Linocut in two colours, 52.3 x 35.8cm.
Repaired tears, creases, slight paper loss and old folds. Linen-backed.
Women's
suffrage (right to vote) societies adopted their own combinations
of colours for banners, badges etc. as a means of representing
their society at meetings and processions. The colours of blue,
white and gold are the combination chosen by the Catholic Women's
Suffrage Society, which was founded in England in 1911.
$2,200
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13 Anon
Vote No And Keep Australia White, c1916. Woodblock and letterpress
text, printed in blue, 59.1 x 88.8cm. Repainted portions, repaired
tears and creases, slight stains and foxing. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Worker Print, Sydney. Authorised by P.C. Evans,
Macdonell House, Pitt Street, Sydney." This poster was produced
to protest against conscription which at the time provoked fear
that Australia would have to bring in foreign non-white labour
to replace conscripted manpower.
$3,900
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114 Anon
Australian Black Panthers, Denis Walker & Sue Chilly Speak
On "Black Power In Australia", c1972. Process lithograph,
34.2 x 48.1cm. Minor stains and foxing. Linen-backed.
Text
mentions lectures at Melbourne, Monash and La Trobe Universities.
Australian Black Panthers was founded by Denis Walker who was
co-founder of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra.
$990
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115 Anon
Support The 'Louts And Larrikins'. Demonstrate Against The Political
Use Of The Police Force, c1971. Process lithograph, 48.2 x 34.1cm.
Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Wed. July 14th 10am, assemble City Court (Cnr
Russell and Latrobe Sts), march to Parl't House. Authorised by
the Radical Action Movement."
$880
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116 Anon
International Women's Day, 8-9 March, c1974. Lithograph printed
in purple, 53.2 x 38cm. Repainted portions, repaired old folds,
slight stains. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Friday 8th: Stop work 2pm. City Square. Saturday
9th: Rally and march, 10.30am, City Square. Authorised by M.
Leech, International Women's Day Committee, 16 Little La Trobe
St., Melbourne. Phone 347 1564."
$880
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117 Anon
May Day '74. Socialism And Independence, 1974. Screenprint printed
in two colours, date in image centre right, 50.6 x 38cm. Repaired
missing portions and slight tears to margins, old folds with
cracks to surface. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Assemble at Trades Hall, 5 May, 2 pm."
$880
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