1967. Soft-cover magazine with process screen illustrations, autographed in ink on cover page, 33.5 x 26.8cm. Creases, slight stains and surface loss to lower right corner. The cover includes “The Saturday Evening Post, August 26, 1967. Bobby Kennedy talks about his future.” The eight-page article on Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968)..... More
c1930-1968. (1) Don Bradman, The World’s Greatest Batsman, c1930. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned in image lower left to right, 13.5 x 8.7cm. Slight creases. Caption continues “Born at Cootamundra, NSW, Aug. 27th, 1908.” (2) Don Bradman’s Reply To A Fan Letter, 1968. Handwritten letter on Sir Donald Bradman letterhead..... More
c1900s-1968. Consisting of 30 lithographs and 2 vintage silver gelatin photographs, in postcard format, some signed in image, most postmarked with date verso, sizes range from 13.6 x 8.5cm to 9.5 x 16.4cm. Minor creases, foxing or paper loss. Artists include Phil May, Donald McGill, Reg Carter, Alfred Leete, Fred..... More
![Man And Goanna]. Bernard Hesling, British/Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-67.JPG?v=1486012809)
c1970s. Vitreous enamel on metal plate, signed lower centre, 28cm (diameter). Chip to enamel outside image. Hesling’s plates are held in NGA and Powerhouse collections. Bernard Hesling was a British-born muralist and painter who lived and worked in Australia and produced many vitreous enamel artworks and wrote humorous autobiographies. Ref..... More
![Hand And Figure]. Bernard Hesling, Brit./Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-68.JPG?v=1486012810)
c1970s. Vitreous enamel on metal plate, signed lower left, 28cm (diameter). Minor crazing to lower portion. More
![Comedy And Tragedy]. Bernard Hesling, British/Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-69.JPG?v=1486012810)
c1970s. Vitreous enamel on metal plate, initialled “H” and annotated “test” lower right, 27.5cm (diameter). More
c1940s-1970s. Consists of 47 items of correspondence, including hand-written and typed letters, aerogrammes, a telegram, and various hand-made and printed greeting cards, all signed and most dated by various correspondents, sizes from 9.9 x 12.4cm to 22.8 x 29.6cm. Some with old folds, crinkles or minor foxing. The collection includes..... More
1970. Embroidered cotton with hooped fringe, date lower centre, 82.5 x 97.5cm. Slight stains, creases and pulls to thread. Translated Vietnamese text reads “To Fight – To Win, Into a Land of Steel.” The embroidered scene shows a Viet Cong flag with a man in military uniform and a woman..... More
1971. One letterpress poster and three letterpress pamphlets, sizes range from 25.4 x 17.3cm to 34.2 x 25.3cm. Pinholes, creases, slight discolouration to edges. Text includes “Dr Benjamin Spock – World famous paediatrician and anti-Vietnam war activist arrived in Australia on June 9. His assignment: to head a national speaking..... More
c1971. Original handwritten manuscript in ink consisting of 50 stapled booklets, accompanied with typed version in three bound folders, signed in ink on typescript title page, marginalia and notes throughout manuscript, 35 x 23cm (folders, each); 448pp. This unfinished manuscript by Vernon W.E. Goodin is a comprehensive history of the..... More
![Knights And Their Horses]. Bernard Hesling, Brit./Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-70_1.JPG?v=1486012811)
1972. Pair of vitreous enamel metal plates, both signed and one dated lower centre, 28cm (diameter, each). Some scratches, scuffing. More
1972. Letterpress poster, stamped “approved” and signed in ink on image lower portion, 37.7 x 33.2cm. Repaired pinholes. Linen-backed. Text includes “May Day stands for working-class solidarity for the summing up of its experience and the setting of its political goals. It is time now to prepare for May Day..... More
c1972. Double-sided lithograph pamphlet, 22.8 x 29.2cm. Tears, creases, slight surface loss, soiling, old folds. Text includes “Force Nixon out now! Defend the Vietnamese Revolution! CPA [Communist Party of Aust.]. Printed & published by Red Pen P/L, 4 Dixon St, Sydney.”. More
c1970-1973. Consisting of 23 envelopes with ephemera and one vintage silver gelatin photograph, cut into 24 jigsaw puzzle pieces, each envelope addressed to “Jon Conté, 85 Hamilton Street, Yarraville, Victoria 3013”, most postmarked with date and place of sending, some with return addresses typed or in ink or pencil, envelope..... More
c1930s-1973. Eighty-six (86) process screen badges, most badges are dated with stamped union member number, sizes from 2.5cm to 3.8cm (diameter). Some badges with slight rust stains or minor indentations. Broken Hill, known as an isolated mining town in NSW, has a history of strikes and industrial disputes dating back..... More
![Concrete Poems]. Rudi Krausmann, b.1933 Austrian/Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL168-84_1.JPG?v=1492489396)
c1974. Group of 14 colour screenprints, each editioned and signed in pencil in lower margin, all annotated “203” in pencil verso, each 76.5 x 56.1cm (paper). Some with stains, creases or tears to edges. Some of these poems were included in Flowers of Emptiness, a 1982 compilation of Krausmann’s poetry..... More
c1973-1975. Consisting of four letters, all hand-written in ink, one letter with two vintage silver gelatin contact prints attached, each letter dated and some annotated or stamped with an address, 33 x 20.3cm (paper, approx. each); 2.6 x 3.8cm (photographs). Old folds, some slight tears. Provenance: Peter Leiss These letters..... More
![Kerry Packer]. Drago Cherina, b.1949 Croatian/Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-23.JPG?v=1486091830)
c1975. Bronze bust, signature incised verso, 32.5 x 25.1 x 15.6cm. Provenance: Artist’s agent. This work was most likely commissioned around 1975, when Cherina was in Australia, creating a bust of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. More
1975. Bronze wall plaque, signed lower left, accompanied with original promotional leaflet, 26.5 x 21.7cm (plaque); 30 x 19cm (leaflet). Leaflet contains a statement by Cherina, which includes “He’s [Whitlam] opened Australia to the world by giving Australia international strength. I hope people will express their loyalty by their vote..... More
1975. Folio of 40 poems in loose-leaf pages, one poem handwritten in ink, the remaining are lithographs, housed in a handmade envelope with watercolour illustration on cover, editioned “number fifteen [of 50]” and titled in ink, 23.1 x 30cm. Slight foxing and stains to envelope. This folio of poems by..... More
1976. Hand-written letter in blue pencil on “The Photographers Gallery & Workshop” stationery, and envelope addressed to “Billy” with photographer’s stamp, 26 x 20.5cm. Slight creases, old horizontal fold. Provenance: Bill Heimerman. Letter, dated “19-2-1976”, reads “Thursday, getting later. Bill, thanks for the smoke. I was sitting here, as a...... More
1976. Letterpress notice with lineblock crest, 49.8 x 38cm. Tears and minor missing portions to edges, slight soiling to lower left corner, creases and old folds. Text includes “$1,500 reward. Between 4.30pm, on Friday, 19th March, 1976, and 7.30am, on Monday, 22nd March, 1976, a person or persons maliciously injured..... More
c1980s. Collection of 21 paperback books, illustrated with process and colour process lithographs, Chinese characters overall, some with 1980s dates on back cover, some stamped or annotated in ink on title page or back cover, one annotated in ink throughout, 9.1 x 12.6cm to 10.1 x 12.6cm. Most with stains..... More
c1910s and 1980s. Eleven (11) silver gelatin photographs (two vintage, and nine reprints) with two menus from “The Les Darcy Restaurant” [Maitland, NSW], and a booklet titled The Darcy Story. The vintage photograph is autographed by Darcy in ink lower right, and all re-prints are stamped, some captioned in ink..... More
1914-1919/1983. Consisting of two softcover booklets and 26 vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, some postcards signed “Otto Mönkedieck, Steuerman, SMS Emdem”, captioned or dated in image, some annotated in ink or pencil below image or verso, 8 x 11.7cm to 25.5 x 18.1cm. Minor creases or discolouration to some..... More