Head Of A Man
1906/1917. Drypoint, 12 x 8.7cm. Minor foxing to image lower left and to margins, old mount burn. Ref: Woll #277, Schiefler #243. More
1906/1917. Drypoint, 12 x 8.7cm. Minor foxing to image lower left and to margins, old mount burn. Ref: Woll #277, Schiefler #243. More
1926. Etching, signed by Hoyton and titled “Seaside Farm” in another hand in pencil in lower margin, 13.8 x 22.6cm. Slight creases to upper edge and lower left corner of image, missing portions, rubbing, stains and creases to margins. Ref: Brooklyn Museum, USA. More
1827/1893. Wood engraving, 8.2 x 12.7cm. Slight foxing, old mount burn. From an edition of 350, printed by Calvert’s son in 1893. Image held in the Art Gallery of NSW, the Tate and The Met, with the comment “In this richly detailed engraving, Calvert conjured an idealized medieval world. Made..... More
1906/1925. Wood engraving, initialled “C.” in block lower left, dated “1906”, initialled with date “1925”, editioned 51/75 and annotated in pencil in lower margin, 5.8 x 5.7cm. Slight foxing to margins. Annotations include “Only 75 copies printed. Copy 51.”. More
1927/1938. Woodcut, initialled “C.” in block lower right, dated “1927” and initialled with date “1938” in pencil in lower margin, 11.4 x 16cm. Framed. This is an illustration for a proposed but never published edition of Robinson Crusoe. Craig agreed to illustrate a book on Robinson Crusoe in the late..... More
1906/1924. Wood engraving, dated “1906”, initialled with date “1924”, editioned 24/150 and annotated in pencil in lower margin, 4.1 x 11cm. Minor crinkles to margins. Annotations include “Only 150 copies printed. Copy 24.”. More
c1924. Drypoint, signed in pencil on plate mark below image, 26.8 x 43.1cm. Crease to lower right centre of image, folded left and right margins, slight mount burn. More
1846. Tinted lithograph, artist’s name in image lower right, text including “plate 9” and title above and below image, 17 x 30.3cm. Tears to left margin, slight stains. Plate 9 from Edward Lear, Illustrated Excursions in Italy, Volume 2, 1846. Ref: Noakes #65. Image shows Castello Caetani, a large fortress..... More
1922. Etching, monogrammed and dated in plate lower left, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 15.1 x 19.1cm. Slight foxing and soiling overall. More
c1921. Lithograph, artist’s name, title and text in German in letterpress verso, 27.2 x 17.2cm. Minor discolouration to edges of margins. Text includes “Originallithographie.” Published in Genius, vol. 3, 1921, p118. More
c1925. Etching, signed in pencil in lower margin, 12.7 x 17.5cm. Repaired tears to image lower centre and margin, minor foxing, old mount burn. Laid down on acid-free tissue. Ref: Wootton #108. Held in de Young Museum, San Francisco. The daughter of illustrator George Soper, Eileen was only fifteen when..... More
c1923. Etching, signed in pencil in lower margin, 12.5 x 17.6cm. Minor foxing to image upper left and margins, old mount burn. Ref: Wootton #59. An etcher and illustrator of children’s and wildlife books, Eileen Soper is best known for her collaboration with writer Enid Blyton. Ref: Wiki. More
1973. Hand-coloured etching, annotated “artist’s proof”, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 35 x 30.2cm. Accompanied with original exhibition labels. Legong is a form of Balinese dance, characterised by intricate finger movements, footwork, and expressive gestures. Ref: Wiki. More
1924. Colour woodcut, signed in pencil on image lower right, titled in pencil in lower margin, 40.5 x 30.9cm. Slight stains to margins. Ref: Miles #10, lists alternate title: Chinese actor in role of a general; with stated edition of 100, but only 46 were printed. This image was used as..... 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
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
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