c1920s-1930s. Watercolour, 32.6 x 39.6cm. Slight tear and crease to upper left corner of image, some stains and minor foxing overall. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. He was..... More
c1930s. Watercolour, 20.3 x 30.5cm. Minor foxing to upper portion of image. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. He was an accomplished artist who taught and employed local artists..... More
c1930s. Watercolour, 20.4 x 30.5cm. Slight foxing overall. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. He was an accomplished artist who taught and employed local artists. Pennell and his family..... More
c1930s. Watercolour, annotated “1” in pencil verso, 31.4 x 20.3cm. Slight foxing and creases to margins. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. He was an accomplished artist who taught..... More
c1930s. Pencil drawing, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 7.4 x 14cm. Minor surface loss and foxing to image, tipped to original backing. Carl Newland Werntz was an American painter, fine arts photographer, illustrator, cartoonist and educator who founded the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Werntz was..... More
c1930s. Nine pen and ink drawings, most with white gouache, one with watercolour, each signed “M. Thomassen” in image, all titled in ink and most numbered, annotated “W.A.P.” in ink or pencil on backing below image, 15.6 x 11.7cm to 12.5 x 17.1cm. Slight foxing overall, each tipped to original..... More
![Item #CL173-88 [Broom Seller, Fishmonger, Rickshaw Runner, Japan]. Takashi Nakayama, Japanese](/pictures/thumb/CL173-88_1.jpg?v=1492652473)
c1930s. Three watercolours, each signed lower right, 30.8 x 16.2cm (approx. each, paper size). Slight stains and foxing overall, minor cockling, chips and discolouration to edges. The Japanese term for a rickshaw runner is jinrikisha, which literally translates as man-powered wheels. The rickshaw was invented in Japan. More
![Item #CL173-101 [Village Landscape]. B. Majumdar, Indian](/pictures/thumb/CL173-101.jpg?v=1492652444)
c1930s. Oil on canvas, signed lower left, 49 x 66.7cm. Slight surface loss, soiling and crazing. Framed. More
![Item #CL173-102 [Man With Oxen Ploughing A Rice Paddy]. B. Majumdar, Indian](/pictures/thumb/CL173-102.jpg?v=1492652445)
c1930s. Oil on canvas, signed lower right, 44.5 x 59.7cm. Framed. More
c1930s. Ink and wash with crayon and white gouache, signed lower right, titled in pencil in lower margin, 24.8 x 33.5cm. Slight soiling and foxing overall. Caption reads “Canberra Civil Service bus stop.”. More
![Item #CL166-38 [Still Life With Fruit And Leaves]. Sybil Craig, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL166-38.jpg?v=1492486417)
c1930s. Pastel, signed lower right, 29.1 x 34cm. Slight tear and old creases to upper and left edges of image. More
![Item #CL166-44 [Standing Man]. Robert Emerson Curtis, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL166-44.jpg?v=1492486422)
c1930s. Pencil sketch, initialled lower right, 26 x 15.6cm. Minor crinkles, soiling and foxing overall, pinholes to corners. Provenance: Curtis estate. More
![Item #CL166-74 [Ships On Harbour, Adelaide]. H. Wright Harrison, active 1930s Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL166-74.jpg?v=1492486449)
c1930s. Watercolour, signed lower right, 20.1 x 37.3cm. Slight foxing, stains to margins, old mount burn. More
![Item #CL174-119 [Walter Lindrum]. David Low, NZ/Aust./British](/pictures/thumb/CL174-119.jpg?v=1492657950)
c1920s-1930s. Ink and wash, signed lower right, publishing annotations in pencil to upper margin, 18.2 x 5.5cm. Foxing and soiling overall, repaired minor paper loss. Laid down on acid-free backing. Walter Albert Lindrum, OBE (1898-1960) was an Australian professional player of English billiards who held the World Professional Billiards Championship..... More
c1930. Pen and ink, signed “K.C. Dow” lower right, 26.7 x 17.8cm. Repaired tears to edges of image and missing portions to margins. Laid down on original backing. Animals include a kangaroo, koala, kookaburra and lyre bird. More
c1930. Pen and ink with gouache, signed “Phil McLachlan” and captioned upper left and lower centre, 23.2 x 20.7cm. Slight foxing, discolouration and minor surface loss to margins. Phyllis Laishley McLachlan, on leaving school at the age of 16, studied with Thea Proctor, and at the Julian Ashton School. She..... More
c1930s. Ink and wash, accompanied by authentication note signed by artist’s sister Reta Morton, 24.2 x 22.3cm. Paper loss to lower edge of image. At the age of 29 in 1937, Normand H. Baker was the youngest artist to win the Archibald Prize with his self-portrait. Although relatively unknown at..... More
![Item #CL176-6 [Inner City Terraces Backyards]. Normand Baker, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL176-6.jpg?v=1492661074)
c1930s. Pencil drawing, accompanied by authentication note signed by artist’s sister Reta Morton, 24 x 21.2cm. Slight foxing, discolouration to edges. More
![Item #CL176-17 [Trees At Water’s Edge]. Albert Collins, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL176-17.jpg?v=1492661039)
1930. Watercolour with gouache, signed and dated in pencil upper right, 21.5 x 61.5cm. Foxing, repaired tear to upper right corner. Framed. More
1930. Pair of watercolours with pencil: a) initialled and dated “1930?” in pencil in lower margin, annotated “New York” in pencil verso, 19.5 x 8.6cm; and (b) annotated “N.Y.” in pencil in lower margin, annotated “Wiggins model” in pencil verso, 19.2 x 12.8cm. Each titled and dated on accompanying certificate..... More
c1930s. Pair of pen and ink drawings, both signed and dated with one titled lower right, 15.5 x 16.3cm and 15.7 x 15.3cm. Slight creases. Framed. More
![Item #CL176-56 [Wellington Harbour From Mt. Victoria, New Zealand]. Roland Hipkins, NZ](/pictures/thumb/CL176-56.jpg?v=1492661070)
c1930s. Watercolour, signed by Hipkins lower left, title and artist’s name in an unknown hand in ink on accompanying old label, 40.1 x 35cm. Old mount burn. More
![Item #CL176-98 [South Coast Farms, NSW]. fl. Aust., s](/pictures/thumb/CL176-98.jpg?v=1492661869)
c1930s. Watercolour, unsigned, “Schoellers Parole” paper blind stamp upper left, 28.9 x 39.7cm. Insect damage lower right portion, minor missing portions to edges. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
![Item #CL176-99 [Landscape With Clouds]. fl. Aust., s](/pictures/thumb/CL176-99.jpg?v=1492661869)
c1930s. Watercolour, unsigned, 32.8 x 39.1cm. Slight foxing, pinholes to edges. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
![Item #CL176-100 [Spanish Farm With Mills And Covered Wagon]. fl Aust., s](/pictures/thumb/CL176-100.jpg?v=1492661797)
c1930s. Watercolour, unsigned, 30 x 32cm. Pinholes to edges. Provenance: artist’s estate. Information about Betty Solomons seems to be scarce. She appears to have studied pottery at the Technical Education Department in Sydney, with her name listed in the Department’s published examination results in 1923. From 1925 she was known..... More