Raymond Sim, Australian Lithographer, Collection Of Posters
1936–1960s. One hundred and twenty-six (126) colour and process lithographs, plus four booklets of progressive proofs and one watercolour, sizes range from 33 x 25cm to 102 x 76cm. Tears, creases, old folds, a few posters with foxing, minor insect damage or missing portions. Raymond Sim was an Australian lithographer, illustrator and master printmaker. His commercial work spans from 1936 until the 1960s and covers an extensive range of posters and advertising material for renowned Australian brands such as Akubra hats and Bushell’s tea. The quality and variety of Sims’ work, as a commercial lithographer, is seen in this irreplaceable collection highlighting the relationship between an artist’s created image, and a lithographer’s faithful reproduction of it. The collection includes images designed by Walter Jardine, Alan D. Baker, Dahl Collings, Richard Beck, Byram Mansell, Ron Chaddock, and Frank McNamara. Brands and subjects included in the collection are Stamina and Crusader Cloth, Tooth & Tooheys drinks, Radiotrons valves for defence, Akubra hats, travel posters, the Sydney Royal Easter show, Bushell’s tea, Cottee’s fruit drinks, Sterling-Nyal pharmaceutical and beauty products, Parke-Davis pharmaceutical products, Brasso, Streets ice cream, Rosslyn hosiery, Max Factor lipstick, Hardibestos brake linings, Tecnico, the Olympics, Kent Brewery, the Methodist Church of Australia, educational animal charts, a Byram Mansell painting for a Pincombe calendar, and proof sheets of Australiana greeting cards. A partially illustrated list can be seen at raymondsimartist.com.
Item #CL197-180
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