1925. Pen and ink, signed lower left, publishing annotations in upper margin and verso with stamp “Published 1.10.25”, 22.5 x 11.5cm. Slight soiling and crinkles overall. More
c1930s. Pen and ink with white gouache, signed lower centre, rubbed out caption in pencil below image, signed and annotated in ink with artist’s stamp verso, 29.5 x 21.4cm. Slight foxing, soiling and crinkles overall, pinholes and minor wear to edges. Partially legible caption includes “The Exploiter will put the..... More
c1920s-1930s. Group of 12 pencil drawings and two linocuts pasted in hand-bound album, annotated, signed and dated “3.3.1978” by publisher Richard Griffin of Gryphon Books in ink on final page of album, 35.1 x 20.5cm (book), 11.4 x 15.5cm to 24.5 x 16cm (drawings). Soiling and foxing to some drawings. This album, titled..... More
![Item #CL203-52 [Ginger Meggs]. Jimmy Bancks, 1889–1952 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL203-52.jpg?v=1633911512)
c1940s. Graphite with colour pencil, signed and inscribed in graphite centre right and below image, 11.5 x 9.9cm (paper). Slight discolouration, laid down on original backing. Inscription reads “With best wishes from Ginge.” Ginger Meggs, Australia’s longest-running comic strip, was created by Enmore-born Jimmy Bancks, who spent his childhood in..... More
c1944. Watercolour and gouache with pencil on card, signed lower right, 37.2 x 55.2cm. Minor foxing and soiling, pinholes to edges. Unusually large artwork for the cover of the comic Wally and the Major by Stan Cross. More
1945. Gouache with pencil, booklet format, dated upper centre and signed in gouache lower right, 14.3 x 10.9cm. Slight stains overall. Publishing colour swatch attached to inside cover. More
c1950s. Watercolour, signed lower right, 15.5 x 16.5cm. Discolouration, slight foxing overall. Framed. Caption reads “Hi there, Jan an’ Ross! How’s my two best mates?” Fatty Finn was a popular, long-running Australian comic strip created in 1923 by Syd Nicholls. It ran in syndication until the creator’s death in 1977..... More
![Item #CL169-144 Deadbeats [Jack Lang And Arthur Calwell]. Will Mahony, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL169-144.jpg?v=1492493276)
c1951. Ink and wash with crayon and white gouache, signed lower left, titled in coloured pencil in lower margin, 24.5 x 33.4cm. Minor foxing and soiling to margins. Captions read “Clive Evatt. Labor reconstruction, unlimited work for all” and “Cripes! They make me feel tired!” Clive Evatt became leader of..... More
![Item #CL205-51 Double Bay Pulsates With Cosmopolitan Sophistication [Sydney, NSW]. George...](/pictures/thumb/CL205-51.jpg?v=1655438305)
c1970s. Watercolour with ink, captioned and signed upper left to right and lower left, 31.1 x 39.8cm. Framed. Hungarian-born George Molnar was a noted “architect-professor, cartoonist-commentator, master water-colourist, writer (Statues) and social analyst [who] was awarded the OBE in 1971 and the AO in 1988 for his unique contribution to Australian..... More