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1936. Aquatint, 22.8 x 14.9cm. Held in the National Gallery of Australia collection, titled as Four O’Clocks. More
1936. Aquatint, 22.8 x 14.9cm. Held in the National Gallery of Australia collection, titled as Four O’Clocks. More
1929. Etching, editioned 4/50, titled, annotated, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 18.1 x 23.5cm. Rubbing to signature and date. Annotation reads “said to have been home of ‘Commodore’ Blue. Built 1819.” Held in NGA. Billy Blue, a West-Indian convict who arrived in Australia in 1801, was granted..... More
c1930s. Etching, annotated, titled and signed in pencil and ink in lower margin, 16.2 x 24.6cm. Slight cracks to plate mark due to excessive impression, tape to corners of margins. Annotations include a cancelled edition note and “Old street across Pyrmont Bridge. Etched on zinc. These houses were drawn and..... More
c1888-1889. Four colour lithographs, two with dates of publication and all with text in margins, each with artist’s signature and title in image, sizes range from 57.5 x 39.6cm to 58.4 x 40.1cm. Repaired tears, minor stains, creases, old folds, one with small tear to image upper right (Australian Birds)..... More
1888. Colour lithograph, signed and dated with text including title in image lower centre, 57.1 x 37cm. Minor crinkles and folds with cracking to image, slight tears to lower edge. Framed. Text includes “This picture is the copyright property of the proprietors of the Town and Country Journal.”. More
c1920s. Drypoint, artist’s signature stamped in lower margin, 29.4 x 27.1cm. Slight foxing. Framed. The hand drum being played in this image is a mridangam, also known as tannumai. It is a percussion instrument from India, of ancient origin. Elyse Lord’s images “typically draw on the Art Deco movement and..... More
c1920s. Pencil and pastel drawing, monogrammed in block lower right, 28 x 25.5cm. Minor perforation to image lower centre. Framed. “The sarod is a stringed instrument, used mainly in Hindustani music on the Indian subcontinent. Along with the sitar, it is among the most popular and prominent instruments.” Ref: Wiki..... More
1932. Aquatint with etching, signed and dated in plate lower right, editioned 12/30, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 25.7 x 33.5cm. Minor creases and slight foxing to margins. Emil Filla was a leader of the avant-garde in Prague between WWI and WWII and was an early Cubist..... More
c1846. Tinted lithograph, text including artist and title above and below image, 26 x 38.6cm. Repaired tears to image upper centre, left and margins. Laid down on acid-free tissue. Text reads “Voyage au Pole de Sud et dans l’Oceanie. Atlas pittoresque, pl. 119. Dessine par Goupil, lithe par Emile Lassalle..... More
c1920s. Hand-coloured woodcut, initialled in block centre right, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 18.2 x 47.6cm. Crinkles, soiling and slight foxing to margins. During the interwar period, from 1919 to 1925, a Danish humanitarian committee was involved in relocating approximately 20,000 to 30,000 children from Vienna to..... More
c1920s. Woodcut, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 38.7 x 41.7cm. Slight crinkles to margins. The vantage point for this view was from the Ulm Minster (161.5 m/530 ft), which is currently the tallest church building in the world. Construction of the church began in 1377 and was completed..... More
c1920s. Colour woodcut with added hand-colouring, titled in pencil below image, 27.3 x 35.3cm. This image is a view of the principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty, Hofburg, which is one of the biggest palace complexes in the world. It consists of 18 wings, 19 courtyards and 2600 rooms..... More
c1919. Woodcut, titled, annotated “Orig. holzschnitt [woodcut]” and signed in pencil below image, 22 x 21.8cm. Slight stain to upper centre, minor crease to lower left corner, trimmed margins. The Vienna Giant Ferris wheel, 64.75-metre (212 ft) tall, stands at the entrance of the Prater amusement park in Leopoldstadt. It..... More
1924. Engraving, signed in plate lower right, 17.5 x 11cm. Crinkles overall. Ref: Skelton #P296. Eric Gill was a sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. Among his finest achievements are the engravings for the Golden Cockerel Press, owned by close friend..... More
1934/1940. Wood engraving, artist’s name and text verso, 10.5 x 5.3cm. Slight foxing. Text reads “Pray for Eric Gill, T.O.S.D. 1882-1940. Laborare est orare (To work is to pray).” This image was used as a memorial card to the artist upon his death in 1940. Originally published in The Passion..... More
1926. Wood engraving, signed and dated in block lower right, editioned 35/50, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 8.9 x 13.2cm. Crinkles overall. More
1968. Linocut, greeting card format, titled, signed and dated in pencil on image lower left to right, 20.5 x 14.6cm (paper, folded). Slight old mount burn. Illustrated in The Christmas Linocuts of Eric Thake, 1941-1975, u.p. More
1945. Linocut, titled, signed and dated in pencil lower centre and right, 39 x 19.1cm. Creases and slight stains to edges, old mount burn. Held in NGA with further annotation noting “the chair was made from the upswept prow of a canoe. Cut from sketches drawn on Noemfoor Is., Geelvinck..... More
1921. Etching, dated in plate lower centre, signed, titled in German, dated and annotated “stich” in pencil in lower margin, 12.1 x 9.7cm. Mounted on a 19th century German certificate. More
c1925. Etching, signed in pencil in lower margin, 24.7 x 33.7cm. Repaired tears, missing portions and minor foxing to margins. Laid down on acid-free tissue. Shore School, North Sydney, was previously the home of famous gold miner, merchant and parliamentarian Bernhardt Otto Holtermann, who financed a major photographic project covering..... More
c1920s. Etching, signed in plate lower right, annotated “original radierung (etching)”, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 33.4 x 27.5cm. Minor tears, stains and creases to margins. Shrine in Karlovy Vary, a mineral water spa town in the Czech Republic. More
c1934. Group of five prints consisting of three lithographs, one with added graphite, one aquatint, and one etching with drypoint, three images titled and each signed in image lower left or right, 8.2 x 15.1cm to 19.6 x 26cm. Foxing and minor creases overall. Titles of lithographs read (1) Collins..... More
c1929. Lithograph, signed and titled in French in pencil in lower margin, 34.5 x 21.5cm. Uneven edges to margins. Born in France, Ethel Gabain was educated in England and studied art at the Slade and the Central School of Art and Design in London. Early in her career Gabain decided..... More