1935. Linocut, initialled in block lower right with title and artist in letterpress in lower margin, 15.3 x 9.8cm. Published in an edition of 1200 in Manuscripts, no. 12, 1935, p51. Illustrated in Coppel, Linocuts of the Machine Age, no. DB/29, p160. More

1934. Pen and ink, signed and dated in ink lower right, signed and captioned in pencil in upper and lower margins, “McCulloch” estate and date stamp “14 Dec. 1934” verso, 30.3 x 44.7cm. Minor creases, foxing, soiling. Text in cartoon reads “On sale here. ‘Evensong.’ The film version of this..... More

1938. Colour linocut, annotated “P/25 [proof], linocut”, dated, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 26.3 x 37.7cm. Slight foxing to image centre, crinkles, mount burn. During the 1920s Ethleen Palmer studied art at East Sydney Technical College under Rayner Hoff. She exhibited watercolour landscapes in 1929 with the..... More

1931. Wood engraving, signed in block lower right, signed, annotated “proof, 100” and titled in pencil in lower margin, 14.2 x 21.5cm. Slight foxing to margins. Ref: Mendelssohn #131. Held in NGA; NGV; AGNSW. More

c1930s. Colour woodcut, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 39.5 x 30cm. Slight foxing to margins. “Droege studied at the Düsseldorf Academy but it was Leopold von Kalckreuth (1855–1928), painter and graphic artist, who influenced Droege to turn to colour woodcuts in the early 1920s. In the late..... More

1930. Two vintage silver gelatin photographs, both inscribed to “Mabel Zillmann”, signed and dated by Backhaus in ink on lower portion, “Fayer, Wien [Vienna]” photographer’s line in negative lower left, 21 x 16cm (each). Silvering, slight foxing and crinkles. Original frames with framer’s label. Inscriptions read “To Mabel Zillmann, in..... More

1927. Etching, signed in plate lower right, signed, titled and annotated “mat on Japanese vellum, [proposed edition of] 100” in pencil in lower margin, 26.2 x 20cm. Repaired perforation to left edge and margin, slight foxing to lower centre, old mount burn. Ref: Mendelssohn #423. Held in NLA; Te Papa..... More

1923. Softcover folio with illustrated wrappers, containing 84 bound offset lithograph-illustrated plates, 35.5 x 26cm. Stains, tears, chips and missing portions to wrappers and spine. Inside plates remain clean with good binding. Published by Der Malik-Verlag, Berlin. This folio is a first edition, issue D (standard issue). There were five..... More

c1922. Colour linocut, titled, editioned 33/50 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 12.2 x 17.1cm. Slight stain to image lower centre, minor crease to upper left edge. Illustrated in Sunshine and Shadow, Art Gallery of WA, 2004, #5. Held in NGA; AGWA. “Webb lived at Nedlands, close to the..... More

1921. Etching, annotated “no. 43 [of] 50 proofs”, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 10.5 x 10.6cm. Old mount burn. Artist, publisher and promoter of Australian art Sydney Ure Smith played an important part in the revival of etching in Sydney. He had a “keen interest in architecture..... More

c1920s. Watercolour and pencil, 33.8 x 24.4cm. Provenance: Sydney Ure Smith estate. More

1920. Hardcover quarto with beige cloth and gilt illustrated boards [book], previous owner’s annotation and date “Aug. 18, ‘67” in ink on flyleaf, “Angus & Robertson Ltd” bookseller sticker on pastedown, 30.5 x 23cm. Soiling to boards, slight foxing and gutter splitting to interior. Published by John Lane and The..... More

c1918. Ink and wash with gouache, titled in ink lower centre, annotated “Drawing by Douglas Dundas circa 1918, ref. Kerry Dundas” in pencil by artist’s son (Kerry) verso, 22.2 x 17.9cm. Slight foxing. An early sketch by Douglas Dundas at the age of 18, this image, alluding to WWI, shows..... More