104 M. Napier Waller (Australian, 1894-1972)
The Questing Knight, 1923. Linocut, initialled in block lower
left, editioned "No. 24 - 35 proofs", titled and signed
in pencil in lower margin, 27.2 x 21.9cm. Minor crinkles to image,
slight paper loss, creases, stains and repaired tears to margins.
This
is the companion print to The Ring. Illustrated in Draffin,
The Art of M. Napier Waller, 1978, p32.
Waller is credited with producing the first linocuts to be made
and exhibited in Australia.
$1,650
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105 M. Napier Waller (Australian, 1894-1972)
The Ring, 1923. Linocut, initialled in block lower left, editioned
24/50, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 27.3 x 20.9cm.
Foxing and minor crinkles to margins.
This
is the companion print to The Questing Knight. Held in the National
Gallery of Australia collection.
One of Waller's best known classical images.
$1,850
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106 Clive Wallis (Australian, 1909-1983)
[Bookplate With Harp Player], c1920s. Pencil drawing, captioned
"Ex Libris" centre left, stamped facsimile signature
lower right, 55.3 x 54.5cm (paper size). Slight foxing overall,
small missing portion to lower left corner.
Very
rare large drawing for a book plate. Provenance: Clive Wallis
estate in 1988.
Wallis led a quiet life with his brother in a large 19th century
house in Hunter's Hill. He studied art at the Julian Ashton School.
While he was not known to have exhibited his work, some of his
bookplate designs were published.
$3,300
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107 Clive Wallis (Australian, 1909-1983)
[Bookplate With Palanquin Procession], c1920s. Pencil drawing,
stamped facsimile signature lower right, 59.1 x 55.9cm (paper
size). Slight foxing overall, paper remnants to upper edge.
Very
rare large drawing for a book plate. Provenance: Clive Wallis
estate in 1988.
$3,300
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108 Frank Weitzel (Australian, 1905-1932)
Island Legend, c1930. Two-colour linocut, monogrammed in block
lower right, titled and signed in ink by Weitzel with annotations
in pencil in various hands in lower margin, 20.7 x 22.5cm. Slight
foxing overall, tape and glue stains to margins, uneven edges.
Annotation
notes two previous selling prices "$7.50" and "£1.1.0."
Weitzel only produced fourteen linocut images during his short
career.
$4,400
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109 Fred Williams (Australian, 1927-1982)
The Engagement Ring, Number 2, 1956. Etching, editioned 11/12,
signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 15.1 x 9.9cm. Slight
stains to margins.
Illustrated
in Mollison, Fred Williams: Etchings, 1968, plate 88.
Held in the National Gallery of Australia collection.
$3,800
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110 Fred Williams (Australian, 1927-1982)
Young Girl, Number 2, 1966. Etching, editioned 1/10 and signed
in pencil in lower margin, 20.5 x 12.6cm. Minor soiling to right
margin.
$3,800
Illustrated
in Mollison, Fred Williams: Etchings, 1968, plate 158.
$1,000
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111 Fred Williams (Australian, 1927-1982)
Waterfall, c1979. Colour lithograph, titled, signed and editioned
91/200 in pencil with blind stamp in lower margin, 59.3 x 45.5cm.
Framed.
This
image relates to the fourth panel of Williams' Waterfall Polyptych,
oil on canvas, 1979, which is illustrated in McCaughey, Fred
Williams 1927-1982, pp304-305.
$2,900
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112 Hardy Wilson (Australian, 1881-1955)
[Houses And Buildings], c1925. Four pencil drawings, one of which
is signed, ranging in size from 7.1 x 16.6cm to 14.7 x 22.2cm.
Minor glue and paper remnants, repaired tears, paper loss to
edges.
Rare
group of Wilson's drawings, which includes St James' Church,
Sydney's oldest surviving colonial church, designed by Francis
Greenway and consecrated in 1824.
Architect William Hardy Wilson is best known for his wonderful
series of drawings of Australian colonial architecture undertaken
at the beginning of his career, and for his increasingly 'visionary'
statements about the future of humanity.
The Group $5,500
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113 Rex Wood (Australian, 1908-1970)
Proteas, c1934. Hand-coloured linocut, titled and signed in pencil
in lower margin, 13.4 x 10.5cm. Minor paper loss to uneven margins.
Wood
was a painter, journalist and graphic artist who held exhibitions
in Australia during the 1930s before moving to Europe to travel
extensively and exhibit in London and Lisbon. (Ref: McCulloch,
Encyclopedia of Australian Art)
$1,350
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