97 Clive Stephen (Australian, 1889-1957)
[Fox With Bird], c1950. Colour linocut with hand-colouring, signed
in pencil in lower margin, 12.7 x 10.2cm. Repaired slight paper
loss to upper edge of image and margin, minor stains, paper loss
and perforation to margins.
Melbourne-born
Clive Stephen was a painter, printmaker, sculptor and medical
practitioner. He was a proponent of the Modern movement in Melbourne,
and conducted life-classes attracting artists such as Will Dyson.
$1,100
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98 David Strachan (Aus., 1919-1970)
[Two Women By A Window], 1950. Aquatint, editioned 17/30, signed
and dated in pencil in lower margin, 24.7 x 29.5cm. Minor soiling
to upper edge of margin.
Strachan
produced only a small body of prints during his career.
$2,400
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99 Arthur Streeton (Aus., 1867-1943)
The Ballroom, Bamorough Castle, 1912. Lithograph, printed in
brown ink, initialled in image lower left, 26.4 x 32.3cm. Repaired
tears to upper portion and slight stains to image centre right
and lower left. Framed.
Held
in the National Gallery of Australia collection.
$4,400
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100 Hall Thorpe (Australian, 1874-1947)
Castlereagh Street [Sydney], 1897. Etching, signed, dated and
titled in plate lower left to right, 26.7 x 20.9cm. Minor foxing,
surface loss and soiling overall.
Rare
etching made by Thorpe prior to his leaving Australia for England.
$1,100
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101 Lesbia Thorpe (Aus., b.1919)
Victorian Façade, 1980. Colour woodcut, three artist stamps
on image lower left to right, titled, editioned 7/8 and signed
in pencil in lower margin, 50.3 x 50.9cm. Minor creases to edges
of margins.
Held
in the National Gallery of Australia collection.
$1,100
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102 Jessie Traill (Australian, 1881-1967)
Studio Door, From 125 Collins St, Margaret McLean, c1931-1940s.
Etching, bookplate, captioned and signed in plate upper and lower
centre, 7.3 x 3.7cm. Old fold to untrimmed margins.
Held
in the State Library of Victoria collection, with notes including
the following: "Margaret McLean was an artist who exhibited
with the Victorian Artists' Society between 1920 and 1960. Her
studio at 125 Collins Street was shared with [several] artists
…"
$1,650
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103 Sydney Ure Smith (Australian, 1887-1949)
Building Of HMAS Adelaide, 1918. Etching, signed in plate lower
left, editioned "13/35 proofs", titled, signed, dated
and inscribed in pencil in lower margin, 32.9 x 24cm. Paper loss,
pinholes, slight soiling and stains to margins.
Partially
obscured inscription reads "To R.C. from his friend, S.
Ure Smith." Illustrated in The Etchings of Sydney Ure Smith,
c1920, plate 56, p62, and listed as Building of HMAS "Adelaide"
(stern view). A companion etching depicts the ship's bow view.
These images were commissioned by the Federal Parliamentary Library.
The HMAS "Adelaide" was built at Cockatoo Island Dock,
Sydney.
$1,650
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