International
Harlesden, NW10 [London]
1934. Ink drawing, signed, dated and titled lower left to right, 41.8 x 25.2cm. Pinholes and minor missing portions below image, old mount burn. More
[Spanish Village]
1934. Watercolour, signed and dated lower left, 33 x 39.8cm. Pinholes to edges. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
[Shipyard]
c1934. Wash with pencil, signed in pencil lower right, 10.6 x 21.6cm. Laid down on original backing. Scottish etcher and watercolourist Muirhead Bone “became known for his depiction of industrial and architectural subjects and his work as a war artist in both the First and Second World Wars. Bone was..... More
[Castle In Spain]
1935. Watercolour with pencil, signed and dated lower right, 35.4 x 36.6cm. Foxing overall. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
[Portrait Of A Woman]
1936. Ink drawing, signed and dated lower left, 24 x 21cm. Old mount burn. More
Composition Projet De Vitrail [Stained Glass Project]
1938. Ink drawing, signed and dated in pencil below image, 45 x 27cm. Framed. Illustrated in Varichon #1598, p520. Albert Gleizes was an “important French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris.” He also influenced several international artists who came to Paris..... More
Italian Landscape And Religious Paintings And Studies
c1900-1940s. Group of 18 oil paintings, including eight on board, two on canvas and six on canvas board, some signed lower right, some captioned in pencil verso, sizes from 23.2 x 16.8cm to 36 x 64cm. Old stains, missing portions, cracking, surface loss or perforations to some. Nine are framed. Captions read..... More
Kon-na Nene [New Guinea Woman]
1943. Pen and ink, signed and dated by Dalgarno, title and illegible annotation in various hands in ink in lower margin, 31.7 x 15.1cm. Slight paper loss and minor stains to margins and verso. More
[Procession Of The Absurd]
1944. Watercolour with pencil, signed and dated upper centre, annotated in unknown hand in pencil verso, 36.2 x 54.9cm. Reinforced corners, minor tears to right and lower edges, slight foxing and creases. Annotation reads “A one-way in KwathLoothLeeth Boro. (To amuse boys “dotty” on engineering. Vide. E. Blampied).” Author Marguerite..... More
[Nude Study]
1944. Sanguine drawing, signed and dated in pencil lower right, 25.5 x 21cm. Slight foxing. More
Too Soon To Crow [Solomon Islands And New Guinea Campaign, WWII]
c1942-1945. Ink and brush with crayon, signed upper left, titled in pencil in lower margin, publishing annotations in right margin, 34.7 x 38.3cm. Soiling, slight cockling and crinkles to margins. Captions in image read “Solomons” and “Port Moresby”, referencing USA and Japan. More
Toe Hold [Solomon Islands And New Guinea Campaign, WWII]
1942-1945. Ink and brush with crayon and white highlight, signed upper left, titled in pencil in lower margin, publishing annotations in margins, 34.6 x 38.3cm. Soiling, slight crinkles. More
[Malaysian Woman And Man]
1948. Pair of oils on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 59.7 x 50.3cm to 75.5 x 60.2cm. Slight soiling to images. Framed. Lancashire-born artist Frieda Scott Fladgate spent eighteen months in Malaya “walking the countryside and backstreets of Singapore and then painted from memory.” Together with Irish artist Nuala..... More
[European Street Scene]
1948. Watercolour with black crayon, signed and dated in pencil and ink lower centre, 24.9 x 38.3cm. Framed. The NGA holds a portfolio of King’s watercolour sketches from Europe circa 1947 to 1951, before he returned to Australia and took up printmaking. Ref: NGA; Wiki. More
[Caribbean Musician And Dancer]
c1950s. Watercolour with ink and gouache, signed in ink lower right, 54.3 x 37.1cm. Repaired tear and minor surface loss to image upper left and right, slight stains and foxing. More
[Ritual With Five Papua New Guinea Men]
c1950s. Oil on canvas, signed lower right, 29.3 x 36.7cm. Crazing and slight surface loss. Framed. Bette Hays nee Passmore studied at East Sydney Technical College under Frank Norton, Douglas Dundas and Roland Wakelin. She lived in Papua New Guinea from 1950 to 1959 and then taught at Townsville Grammar..... More
Puppets. Victoria And Albert Museum
c1950s. Gouache and ink, “Lewis and Patricia Morley” ex-libris label attached to mount verso, 21.3 x 15.3cm. Foxing. Provenance: Lewis Morley estate. Considered to be an early work by Morley when he was an art student. More
Tom Mix And The Hills Beyond
1950. Comic artwork in two pages, in ink, wash and pencil with silver gelatin photograph title slip affixed to front page, various publishing annotations including “Fawcett publication” stamp with “issue 39” in pencil in margins, stamped date “Oct. 17 1950” verso, 35.1 x 33.1cm and 45.8 x 33.1cm. Slight stains..... More
Bill Boyd In The Perilous Trail. Chapter Two: Fangs Of Death
c1950s. Comic artwork in four pages, in ink, wash and pencil with title affixed to front page, various publishing annotations including “Fawcett publication” stamp with “issue 14” in pencil in margins, 45.9 x 33cm (approx. each). Slight stains and creases. William “Bill” Lawrence Boyd was an American movie star best..... More
[Two Men Waving Down Pinisi Boats, Indonesia]
c1940s-1950s. Oil on board with wooden relief, signed lower right, 44.2 x 112cm. Repaired portion to one relief, slight soiling. Original frame. Suromo Darposawego was an award-winning graphic artist, teacher and writer, who produced a body of artwork during the Indonesian National Revolution; a conflict between the Republic of Indonesia..... More
[General Sudirman And Troops In The Mountains During The Indonesian Revolution]
c1950s. Oil on board in hand-finished stucco frame, signed lower right, 75.5 x 163cm. Minor scuffing and soiling overall, slight foxing to image upper centre. Minor paint loss to original frame. General Sudirman led the Indonesian National Revolution, a conflict between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire from..... More
[European Street Scene]
c1950s. Watercolour with ink, signed lower right, 40.6 x 35cm. Repaired tears to edges, minor cockling, old mount burn. Edith Wall, also known by her married name Edith Bayne, was a painter, printmaker, cartoonist and art teacher. She studied art in Rome, London, and at the Sorbonne in Paris, where..... More
[Japanese Woman With Tattoos, Biting A Cloth]
c1950s. Ink and watercolour, 34.7 x 20cm (image), 43.7 x 29.1cm (paper). Slight discolouration to edges of paper. From the late 19th century until the end of WWII, tattoos were outlawed in Japan as the Japanese government wanted to protect its image and make a “good first impression in the..... More
[Fisherman With Black Hat]
c1950s. Oil on board, signed “Lesley” upper right, 49.5 x 42cm. Slight soiling to surface. Original frame with flaking paint. Background includes crab or fishing traps. More