c1961-1963. Appliqué with photographic transfer and hand-colouring, polyester filling and cardboard, 52.6 x 36.4 x 2.5cm. Water damage to upper and lower right portions, insect damage, old glue stains, slight soiling. This mixed media collage was most likely made in Vietnam at the time of Kennedy’s presidency and sold to..... More
c1964. Gouache and ink, scarf design, titled and signed in image centre and lower right, captioned throughout image, 70 x 70cm. Slight scuffs, surface loss and stains overall, creases and pinholes to margins. Captions identify Adelaide landmarks depicted around the edges of the image, and include “King William Street, Elder..... More
1964. Process screen card box housing an exhibition catalogue in the form of a scroll, “Dwan Gallery” label with address to “Sir Robert Adeane, Mayor Gallery, London” attached to base, 7.7 x 18.5 x 11.3cm (box). Creases, wear to box, glue stains to scroll at paper join. The catalogue scroll..... More
c1966. Plaster bust, 42 x 28 x 25cm. Added graphite to eyes. Born in Glebe, NSW, Les Tanner was one of Australia’s best-known political cartoonists and columnists. At an early age he showed a talent for drawing portraits. While studying at the Julian Ashton Art School he worked at The..... More
1964-1966. Group of 13 issues including process lithograph illustrations by Martin Sharp, Garry Shead, Peter Kingston, Mike Glasheen and others, 28.3 x 21.5cm. Slight creases, stains and foxing to most, some with tears, two with hole-punch perforations near fold, one (no. 14) with missing portion. Includes issue nos 14-21, 23..... More
1966. Plaster and stand with bronze finish, date and signature incised into bust lower left, 23 x 8.9 x 8.9cm (overall). Minor chips to bust and stand. Provenance: Purchased in Australia. Jimilu Mason’s original bust of President Johnson was a clay model cast in plaster, then in bronze. “Though Johnson..... 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
![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
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
![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. 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. 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