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c1940s. Ink and pencil sketch, 25.4 x 17.9cm. Tears and stains above image, creases overall. London-born cartoonist, illustrator and printmaker Will Mahony was the son of Australian artist Frank P. Mahony. More
c1940s. Ink and pencil sketch, 25.4 x 17.9cm. Tears and stains above image, creases overall. London-born cartoonist, illustrator and printmaker Will Mahony was the son of Australian artist Frank P. Mahony. More
c1940s. Watercolour with ink and crayon, 27 x 18.7cm. More
c1940s. Pair of cover illustrations in pen and ink with watercolour, captioned in pencil in lower margin, 32.1 x 37.2cm (approx. each). Soiling, slight creases and foxing overall, pinholes to margins. Nils Josef (Joe) Jonsson was an Australian cartoonist born in Halmstad, Sweden. At age 18 he went to sea..... More
c1940s. Ink and watercolour with white gouache, signed lower left, titled in pencil in lower margin, 24.7 x 33.8cm. Slight soiling and foxing overall. Captions read “Australia. Unbridled censorship.”. More
c1938-1940. Ink and wash with crayon and white gouache, signed lower right, titled in pencil in lower margin, publishing annotation in right margin, 25.3 x 30.3cm. Slight soiling overall. Captions read “Daily News. For an Australian New Deal.”. More
1940. Ink and wash, signed lower left, captioned in image upper centre and in pencil in lower margin, publishing stamp with date verso, 34.2 x 41.7cm. Slight soiling, missing portions to margins. Caption in image reads “During his war cabinet visit to Brisbane, Mr Hughes will be quartered in the..... More
1945. Pen and ink, signed and dated below image, 11.5 x 25cm. Repaired minor perforation to image lower left, slight stains to image lower centre and margins, torn edges not affecting image. A similar image, dated “1944” is held in the NGV. More
1946. Ink and wash, signed and dated lower left, typed text including date and caption on two slips affixed to lower margin, dated in pencil verso, 28.4 x 36.4cm. Slight soiling and stains to edges of image and margins. Captions in image include “Zoning. Liquor reform. Teachers’ salaries. Auditor report..... More
1946. Ink and wash with colour pencil, signed and dated lower left, typed text including date and caption on slip affixed to lower margin, dated in pencil verso, 30.4 x 38.9cm. Slight soiling, foxing, central portion of image amended with white gouache. Caption in image reads “Zoning ends April.” Text..... More
1947. Watercolour with crayon and white highlight, signed “WEP” in image lower right, titled in pencil in lower margin, publishing stamp verso, 30.8 x 45.1cm. Slight foxing and stains to image, creases to upper corners. Stamp reads “Sunday Telegraph. Used 15 Feb. 1947.” Sydney-born Pidgeon began his career as a...... More
1949. Pen and ink with colour pencil, four panel cartoon strip, signed in image lower left, publishing annotations in pencil in upper margin, stamped “Herald, 29 Jul. 1949” verso, 22.6 x 46cm. Soiling to left portion of image and to margins. Captions include “1948-49 Racing Season ends tomorrow and resumes..... More
c1949. Ink with watercolour in four panels, signed in fourth panel and annotated “2612, Sat. Jan. 29” in ink in right margin, 19.2 x 58.4cm. Slight stains and pinholes to margins. The “Bluey and Curley” comic strip, created for the magazine Picture-News in 1940, featured two eponymous Australian soldiers who..... More
c1950s. Pencil drawing, initialled, annotated “U/S” and “A100” in ink lower right, titled in pencil in French verso, 19 x 24.3cm (paper). Minor tears to right edge, slight stains. Provenance: artist’s sister, Margery Ann Strachan. More
c1950. Pen and ink with colour pencil, signed lower right, publishing annotations in margins, key in ink verso, corresponding to numbers on depicted figures, 53.6 x 34.4cm. Minor soiling overall, pinholes to margins. Text includes “Another off – Frank ‘Whodunit’ to ride in Blighty. Tch, tch, just as we get..... More
c1940s-1950s. Ink and wash, signed lower right, titled in pencil with various publishing annotations in lower margin, 38.7 x 26.5cm. Soiling overall, crease and slight crinkles to margins. Caption in lower portion of image reads “Australia”, cancelled caption in upper portion of image reads “Russian Successes.” This work was most..... More
c1950s. Pen and ink with watercolour, titled and signed lower right, captioned throughout image, 30.2 x 44.9cm. Foxing, soiling. Captions include “De Quiros – Duyfken, 1606; Tasman, 1642; Dampier, 1699; Cook, 1770; Phillip, 1788; Blaxland, Lawson, Wentworth, 1813.”. More
c1950s. Ink and wash, signed lower left, various publishing annotations in pencil in lower margin, 38.6 x 26.5cm. Soiling overall, crease and slight crinkles to margins. Captions in image read “Inflation” and “wage earner.”. More
1950. Pen and ink with coloured pencil, captioned, dated and signed in ink, 26 x 23cm. Pinholes, minor foxing, ink stains to centre of image and left edge. Caption includes “Resolutions for 1951. Unite for Peace & Prosperity.”. More
c1950s. Ink and wash with coloured pencil in 12 panels, numbered “6-26” and signed in ink lower right, 36.5 x 58.4cm. Tears to upper edge, slight creases and minor stains overall. Comic strip about Fatty Finn and his father avoiding family commitments in which the father gets caught out. Fatty..... More
c1950s. Pen and ink with coloured pencil and gouache, signed in image lower centre, publishing annotations in pencil in lower margin, 29.4 x 23.3cm. Pinholes, paper remnants to image upper right, minor foxing overall, creases. Provenance: Campbell estate. Francis (Frank) Herbert Campbell was the husband of artist Margaret Campbell. More
c1950. Two pencil drawings, one on tracing paper, both annotated “Goulburn” and initialled in pencil lower right, one captioned in ink verso, 34.5 x 24.6cm (approx. each). Slight stains and creases, old folds. Caption reads “Sketch for Goulburn feature, painted in new air-conditioned express trains. NSW Rly.” Sketches show the..... More
c1950s. Pair of gouache paintings, one image initialled “M.C.D.” in image centre, 30.4 x 20.3cm and 38.2 x 27cm. Chips and paint loss, minor creases, each laid down on original backing. Text reads (1) The Australian Woman’s [sic] Weekly; and (2) The Australian Woman’s World: A town & country journal..... More
1952. Pen and ink, captioned, dated and signed lower left, 16.1 x 25.2cm. Minor creases and foxing. Caption continues “The speaker tonight will be our great leader Rabindranath Tagore, who’s [sic] message is ‘transmitted’ throughout the world. He is introduced by Mrs Annie Bessant of India. Sketched at a Theosophical..... More
c1960s. Pair of pen and ink cartoons, each signed centre or lower right and titled in pencil in upper margin, 12.8 x 38cm (approx. each). Minor crinkles, soiling. One cartoon shows an art connoisseur fail in his attempt to get a bargain price on a Sickert portrait by pretending he..... More
c1961. Pen and ink with graphite and white highlight, signed lower left, captioned in ink with publishing annotations and Man magazine stamp with date “March ’61, (‘Hell’), F19672” verso, 37.2 x 54.5cm. Tear to lower right corner, slight foxing and discolouration to edges, laid down on original backing. Cartoonist Jack..... More