[Lady And Monkey With Mirror]
1923. Watercolour with ink and gouache, signed “Phil McLachlan” and dated in ink lower right, 33.4 x 25.4cm. Slight stains and paper loss to margins, minor foxing. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
1923. Watercolour with ink and gouache, signed “Phil McLachlan” and dated in ink lower right, 33.4 x 25.4cm. Slight stains and paper loss to margins, minor foxing. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
1923. Ink and wash with gouache highlights, signed upper left, publishing annotations including date in crayon verso, 26 x 47cm. Minor perforations and missing portions to edges, repaired tears to lower left corner. Annotations include “Xmas, p28. Published Xmas ’23.”. More
1924. Pencil and crayon, signed lower right, various captions in ink and pencil above and below image, stamped “published Apr. 3, ‘24” verso, 31.4 x 14.9cm. Soiling overall, slight tear to upper margin. Captions include “[Urquhart] now on an official visit south.” Frederick Charles Urquhart (1858-1935) was in office between..... More
1924. Etching and pencil study: (a) editioned 13/20, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 12.7 x 12.8cm. Slight mount burn; (b) signed and dated lower right, 12.7 x 12.6cm. Perforation and rubbing to image, chips to edges. Mounted together. More
c1924. Pen and ink sketch on “Coogee Bay Hotel” letterhead paper, inscribed and signed below image, 26 x 20.7cm (paper). Foxing and creases overall, slight tears to edges. This sketch was most likely made in 1924, based on recorded correspondence from Lambert to his wife on Coogee Bay Hotel letterhead..... More
1925. Pen and ink, signed lower left, various captions in ink and pencil above and below image, stamped “Published Jan. 8, ‘25” verso, 25.9 x 10cm. Soiling overall, pinholes to margins. Cancelled captions include “Sometime Secretary of Victorian State Premier’s Department, who has been given the job of waking up..... More
1925. Pen and ink, signed lower right, publishing annotations in upper margin and verso with stamp, 29.4 x 9.8cm. Soiling and slight crinkles overall, pinholes to edges. Text continues “who is spending a few millions on new body-building works in Geelong (Victoria) and assembly plants in other states.” Stamp reads..... More
1925. Pen and ink, signed and dated by artist lower left, titled and annotated with artist’s name in ink in another hand on accompanying original frame label, 22.9 x 20.4cm. Pinholes, slight stains and crinkles to edges of paper not affecting image. More
1926. Watercolour, signed and dated lower left, 22.7 x 19.5cm. Pinholes, minor stain to upper left margin, old mount burn. More
1926. Watercolour, signed, titled and dated in ink lower left, 22.5 x 33.1cm. Minor foxing and paper loss to image left edge. More
1926. Watercolour and pencil, signed “Rual” and dated in image lower left and centre, 47.3 x 57.5cm. Slight foxing and crinkles. More
1927. Pencil drawing, titled, signed and dated lower left to right, 22.6 x 33.8cm. Paper remnants to left edge, slight surface loss lower centre. An important and influential early Australian photographer, Cecil Bostock was also a highly regarded illustrator, bookbinder and carpenter. Ref: Photo-web. More
c1890s-1927. Group of five portraits, four inspired by Henry King’s iconic photograph:. (1) Henry King (Aust., 1855-1923). Australian Aborigine, c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, titled (faint) in negative lower left, photographer’s blind stamp on image lower right, caption in letterpress on backing below image, 14.7 x 9.9cm. Slight..... More
1928. Pair of pencil sketches and one vintage silver gelatin photograph, each sketch titled, signed and dated lower left, photograph by unknown photographer captioned in ink on backing below image, 13.6 x 16.1cm (approx. each, paper size). Old glue stains to edges, photograph laid down on original album page. Titles and..... More
1929. Pencil sketch, titled and dated lower left, 27.8 x 38.6cm (paper). Old crease to left portion, foxing to edges. More
1929. Etching and aquatint, editioned 3/60, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 26.7 x 26.3cm. Slight foxing and old tape stains to margins. Image held in the National Gallery of Australia with alternate title “Moonrise on the Lake.” “In paintings and etchings of this period, the lake is..... More
c1929. Pencil drawing, 21 x 8.1cm. Slight foxing. Framed. Provenance: Artarmon Galleries via Meg Stewart, daughter of Australian artist Margaret Coen (Aust., 1909–1993) who was mentored by Norman Lindsay during the 1930s. This drawing is most likely a study for an unpublished etching entitled Coquette, listed in Bloomfield #162, p126. The..... More
c1930s. Double-sided oil painting on paper, signature incised into image lower right, titled and signed in ink below image verso, 68.2 x 50cm. Pinholes, missing portions and tears to edges, slight crinkles. Verso image shows a musician playing a banjo. Maurice Bilton was a lecturer at Ridgewood Art Institute (RAI)..... More
c1930. Pencil drawing, signed lower right, 30 x 7cm (image). Painter and cartoonist John Baird was a foundation member of the Society of Australian Black and White Artists. Baird became known for his oil paintings, especially for his portrait of ‘Model of the Year’ Patricia “Bambi” Tuckwell in 1946. Ref..... More
c1930s. Pencil with white highlight, signed upper right, 12.5 x 10.8cm. More
c1930s. Watercolour, 30.7 x 25.3cm. Pinholes, slight surface loss and missing portions to edges. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
1930. Pair of pencil drawings, each initialled, captioned and dated lower right, 16.5 x 25.9cm and 24.8 x 18.9cm. Trimmed margins. Captions read “On the Sydney Show Ground, Easter” and “Looking towards the grand stand, Sydney Show Ground.”. More
c1930s. Watercolour with pencil and gouache, annotated “scale 1 [inch] = 1 foot”, titled and signed in pencil lower left to right, 31 x 36cm. Slight creases, minor foxing overall. More
c1930s. Seven crayon drawings, each signed upper or lower right, one titled “Mr Farr-A-Loft” in pencil below image, sizes range from 26.7 x 20cm to 28.3 x 22.8cm. Each with stains and missing portions to edges not affecting image, some with minor tears in image, slight soiling overall. These drawings..... More
c1930s. Pencil drawing, signed lower right, 25.4 x 35.5cm. More