c2000. Colour process lithograph, signed in image lower right, 58.4 x 78.7cm. This poster includes images of Einstein, JFK, Charlie Chaplain, Marilyn Monroe, Spock, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Che Guevera and references works of art, e.g. Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans. French-born and Los Angeles-based Thierry Guetta (a.k.a. Mr Brainwash) is known..... More
![Overhead Rail [New York]. John Olsen, b.1928 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL205-56_1.JPG?v=1655438312)
1998. Etching with aquatint, editioned 173/175, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 14.4 x 22.2cm. Framed. Image held in Cairns Art Gallery, Queensland. This etching is from Olsen’s series of six etchings titled New York nowhere: meditations and celebrations, Neurology Ward, the New York Hospital, 1998. The series illustrates..... More
1989. Etching, editioned 39/50, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 39.2 x 47.5cm. Slight foxing. Framed. This image is held in National Gallery of Australia with a comment on Charles Blackman’s printmaking background: “Born in Sydney on 8 December 1928, where he studied drawing, Charles Blackman was self-taught as..... More
1988. Colour process lithograph, 147.7 x 48.5cm. Repaired minor tears to edges. Linen-backed. AC/DC are an Australian rock band “formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock, and heavy metal, but the band themselves call it..... More
![The Royal Nuclear Show [Sydney]. Toni Robertson, b.1953 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL205-53_1.JPG?v=1655438306)
1981. Set of six colour screenprints, each titled and numbered in pencil in lower margin, 82.3 x 58.1cm. One poster has slight foxing and crinkles to lower portion, minor surface loss and repaired tears to lower margin. All posters are linen-backed. Captions include: (1) “What will it be like when everybody..... More
c1980. Etching, editioned 86/100, titled and signed in pencil with printer’s blind stamp “WHP” in lower margin, 29.6 x 30.1cm. Minor soiling to margins. This image was illustrated in the first edition of the book by Charles Blackman with text by Nadine Amadio, Charles Blackman, The Lost Domains, 1980. It shows..... More
![Double Bay Pulsates With Cosmopolitan Sophistication [Sydney, NSW]. George Molnar,...](/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
1968. Colour screenprint, signed and editioned 36/50 in pencil on image lower left, 42.8 x 55.3cm. Slight stains to centre and upper portion of image and margins. Illustrated in Walker, Alex Katz: A Print Retrospective, Brooklyn Museum, NY, 1987, #6, p27. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Alex Katz was “initially influenced..... More
![South American Band, Paraguay]. Leslie Holland, 1907–2005 Brit](/pictures/thumb/CL205-49.JPG?v=1655438304)
1960. Gouache, signed and dated lower right, 23.3 x 28.8cm. Slight soiling, water stain to lower edge. Born in England, Leslie Holland won many art scholarships including one to the Slade, but decided instead to study at the Royal College of Art. He became a commercial artist and “produced posters for..... More
c1960. Group of four items consisting of two posters showing the mascot "Smokey", one publication Bush Fire Bulletin and a photograph depicting "Smokey" with diorama. Description of group, as follows: (1) Memo from Smokey! Be careful with matches, smokes, campfires, every fire. Remember, only you can prevent bush fires!, c1960..... More
![Escena De Calle, Asuncion [Cove Street Scene, Asuncion, Paraguay]. Leslie Holland,...](/pictures/thumb/CL205-47.JPG?v=1655438300)
1959/1960. Woodcut, initialled and dated “1959” in block upper right, titled, signed and dated “1960” in pencil in lower margin, 20.6 x 29.8cm. Framed. Born in England, Leslie Holland won many art scholarships including one to the Slade, but decided instead to study at the Royal College of Art. He became..... More
c1954. Colour process lithograph, poster, 36.7 x 48.4cm. Slight discolouration, repaired tears and creases. Linen-backed. Text continues “Tells of pearling, gold-seeking, crocodile hunting; strange mysteries of nature; pioneers of outback Australia. In these and many other epic stories of adventure! Available here!” The poster illustrates six of Idriess’ books: Forty Fathoms..... More
c1950. Colour lineblock, multi-panel foldout card, initialled “G.M.” in last panel, captions and illustrations throughout, 11.3 x 172.3cm. Repaired and repainted lower left portion on first panel, slight discolouration and wear including minor tears to edges, old folds. Captions include “Ye people have had it. Houses are short. Ye Vandyke Prefab..... More
1947. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, studio blind stamp on image lower right, inscribed and dated by the ship’s captain “James Bisset” in ink on image upper left, 20.9 x 28.6cm. Slight foxing and dent to upper right corner. Framed. Studio stamp reads “Stewart Bale Ltd, Liverpool.” Inscription reads “With best wishes..... More
c1939. Colour process screen and letterpress soft-cover travel booklet, with annotations in ink on title page, 27.3 x 21.5cm. Minor wear, soiling and dents to cover, slight crinkles and discolouration. Annotation reads “[To] Aberdeen Public School, [From] H.J. Goodwin, 16 October, 1939.” Text includes “Compiled by M.A. and H.J. Goodwin.” The..... More
c1938. Colour process lithograph, poster, 42.5 x 29.8cm. Repaired minor tears, chips to edges and old folds. Linen-backed. Poster illustrates five books: Madman’s Island by Ion L. Idriess (1938), Maelstrom by E.V. Timms (1938), Promenade by G.B. Lancaster (1938), Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts (1937) and Action at Aquila by Hervey..... More
1937. Colour screenprint, poster, 49.4 x 36.9cm. Slight discolouration and surface cracking, repaired tears, creases and minor missing portions. Linen-backed. Text includes “Sunshine and shadow in the Kimberleys.” A 1937 newspaper review in the The Argus of Idriess’ book Over The Range, stated “Only a lifetime of observation could make a...... More
1931. Process lithograph with added hand-colouring, text including date below image, 30.9 x 18.3cm. Foxing, minor crinkles to edges. Framed. Text includes “Souvenir of the Art, Antique, and Historical Exhibition, Hobart, 1931.” This proclamation “presents a four-strip pictogram that attempts to explain the idea of equality under the law. Those who..... More
1931. Wooden vase with pokerwork, inscribed and dated in pokerwork and ink (partly on front of vase, signed “A. Donavon” in ink on base, 23 x 9.5 x 9.5cm. Crazing and minor surface loss to varnish, dents, paint splatters to lower back portion, some of the inscription partially obscured. Inscription reads “Presented..... More
![Blinky Bill [Bookends]. After Dorothy Wall, 1894–1942 NZ/Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL205-38_1.JPG?v=1655438288)
c1930s-1940s. Pair of glazed ceramic statuettes on painted wooden stands, each with “Blinky Bill” in raised letters in ceramic base, 16.7 x 12.2 x 11.3cm. Missing portion and crack to legs of one statuette, wear and soiling to wooden stands. Blinky Bill is an “anthropomorphic koala and children's fictional character created by..... More
1930. Colour woodcut, signed, dated and annotated “No. 7” on image lower right, 35.4 x 41.9cm. Original frame. Born in Bolzano in northern Italy, Carl Moser studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the Académie Julian in Paris, later travelling to Germany, Italy, Corsica and Brittany. Influenced by..... More
c1929. Hand-coloured woodcut, signed in pencil in lower margin, 28 x 20.4cm. Framed. This woodcut originally came in a folder which accompanied the book Margaret Preston’s Recent Paintings, 1929, edited by S. Ure Smith and L. Gellert. This book was published in an edition of 250, with half of the edition..... More
![Coquettish Nude]. Norman Lindsay, 1879–1969 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL205-35_1.JPG?v=1655438287)
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
1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, studio line in ink on image lower right, captioned in ink on original backing above and below image, 24.6 x 54.4cm. Slight foxing, laid down on original backing. Framed. Caption continues “A record attendance at First Sale, 21st Nov. 1925.” Studio line reads “Hall & Co..... More
1922-1947. Collection of 54 architectural drawings and one dyeline print, most in pencil, some in ink, some with wash or added watercolour, most captioned, signed and dated in pencil or ink, sizes range from 37.4 x 55.8cm to 58 x 79cm. Some stained with missing portions or tears to edges, most with..... More