c1927. Drypoint, signed, titled and editioned 12/30 in pencil in lower margin, 23.9 x 21.4cm. Slight stains, soiling and crinkles to margins. 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

1928. Etching, signed and dated in plate lower left, signed in pencil in lower margin, 17.7 x 29.9cm. Slight foxing overall, old mount burn. More

1928. Drypoint, signed and titled in plate lower left, signed, titled and numbered “100” in pencil in lower margin, 30.3 x 32.7cm. Slight foxing and crinkles overall. Ref: Mendelssohn #443, listed as Jerez De Los Caballeros, Estremadura, Spain. Held in NGA. Jerez de los Caballeros is a town in south-western..... More

1929. Drypoint, annotated “trial” and signed in ink in lower margin, 24.3 x 16.8cm. Old mount burn. This is a trial proof before the edition of 75. Ref: Wright #19, state iv/v. More

c1929. Pair of linocuts on tissue, one image monogrammed in block lower left, 10.2 x 11.6cm; 12.2 x 18.7cm. Foxing, old mount burn. Ref: Macdonald Ross, New Zealand Prints 1900-1950: An unseen heritage, University of Canterbury, 2006, p61. More

c1930s. Woodcut, 25 x 11cm. Tipped to original backing. The Cemetery of Confucius, also known under its Chinese name Kong Lin, is a cemetery of the Kong clan (the descendants of Confucius) in Confucius’ hometown of Qufu. Confucius and some of his disciples are buried there, as well as many..... More

1925/1930. Drypoint, signed and dated “Venice. 20 October 1925” in plate lower left, annotated “LXIII” and signed in ink, and annotated “80 proofs” and titled in another hand in pencil in lower margin, 40.4 x 23.8cm. Minor foxing, old mount burn. Annotated “S.S.” in an unknown hand in ink on..... More

1930. Colour lithograph, titled, editioned 3/18 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 25.9 x 35.5cm. Repaired tears to upper edge of image, slight stains to margins. Laid down on acid-free paper. Held in NGA. Illustrated and erroneously titled “St Bartholomews” on the dustjacket for Goodchild & Brooks, John C...... More

c1930s. Colour woodcut, editioned 17/75, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 29.9 x 44.8cm. Slight stains 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..... More

1933. Colour linocut, titled, signed, dated “June 2nd, ’33,” editioned 6/25 and annotated in pencil in lower and right margins, 26.5 x 35cm. Tears to edges of margins. Annotation includes a list of printing instructions for colours, as well as notes on edition numbering. More

1935. Colour woodcut, artist’s chop in block lower left and titled in Japanese in ink in right margin, dated in pencil verso, 15.7 x 26 cm. More

1936. Wood engraving, signed in block lower centre, signed, titled and annotated “100” in pencil in lower margin, 31.6 x 19.7cm. Cockling, small tears to margins, old mount burn. Ref: Mendelssohn #55. More