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1989. Pastel with gouache and watercolour, initialled and dated “4/89” in pencil in lower margin, 18.9 x 27.8cm. Rubbing to centre of image, slight foxing, pinholes to margins. Framed. More
1989. Pastel with gouache and watercolour, initialled and dated “4/89” in pencil in lower margin, 18.9 x 27.8cm. Rubbing to centre of image, slight foxing, pinholes to margins. Framed. More
c1930s. Charcoal drawing, signed in pencil lower right, 32.1 x 23.3cm. Minor paper loss to image upper left, repaired tears to lower edge, missing portion to right edge. Melbourne-born Ron Meadows “studied at the National Gallery School between 1929 and 1933. In 1934 he was a student at the Melbourne..... More
c1940s. Pencil drawing, titled and signed lower centre and right, 54 x 36.8cm. Slight scuffing, pinholes to image upper left. A pencil drawing of three figures, a dragon and a castle appears verso. The face of one of the figures resembles Rosaleen Norton. Uncommon large drawing by Norton of her..... More
c1950s. Pen and ink, signed lower right, 24.5 x 22cm. Minor creases, uneven edges. Shows Baphomet, a deity associated with the Knights Templar and later a symbol of the Church of Satan. A five-pointed pentagram is usually depicted on the forehead rather than this six-pointed star. Nicknamed the “Witch of..... More
c1950s. Colour pencil and graphite, signed lower right, 32.5 x 24.5cm. Creases to image edges, missing upper left corner. An avid practitioner of pantheism, “Norton had special reverence for the Great God Pan and regarded him as the Totality of All Being, as the true god of the world and..... More
c1870-1871. Two pencil drawings, each initialled “R.A.T.”, titled “Elerslie [sic]” and dated lower left or right, 9.3 x 17.5cm and 15.8 x 23.8cm. Minor foxing. Rosalie Ann Thorne was reputedly a pupil of Conrad Martens. She was a friend of his daughter, Rebecca Martens (Aust.,1836-1909), who was also her mentor..... More
1869–1903. Five pencil drawings, one with watercolour and one with iron gall ink, one initialled, four titled and all dated in pencil lower left or right, 26.3 x 17.8cm to 24.3 x 30.3cm (paper). Creases, tears to edges and some minor missing portions, slight foxing. Titles and dates read (1)..... More
1864. Pencil drawing, titled, annotated “copy C. Martens”, monogrammed and dated “Nov. 8th 1867” lower right, 15.5 x 29.2cm. Slight foxing, creases. Rosalie Ann Thorne was reputedly a pupil of Conrad Martens. She was a friend of his daughter, Rebecca Martens (Aust., 1836–1909), who was also her mentor. The two..... More
1867. Pencil drawing, signed “Rosalie”, dated “Sept. 27th 1867”, annotated “copy C. Martens” and titled lower left to right, 20.5 x 30.8cm. Minor creases and stains. The building seen from the shore is the former stables of Woollahra House, built in 1856 by Sir Daniel Cooper, a colonial merchant and..... More
1864. Pencil and wash, titled, annotated, dated and initialled “R.A.T.” in pencil lower right, 19 x 31cm. Tears to edges, creases, minor missing portions, slight foxing. Annotation reads “Taken July 13th, 1847 by C. Martens, copied Nov. 27th, 1864.”. More
1947. Ink and wash study, titled, signed and dated lower left to right, artist’s annotations throughout, 25 x 32.8cm. Minor foxing and creases overall. More
c1930s. Charcoal drawing, artist’s signature stamped lower right, annotated “Bacon” and “5” in pencil and ink in unknown hand verso, 22.5 x 10cm. Foxing to image centre and edges, minor stain to image upper centre, slight discolouration to edges of paper. A faint abstract sketch appears verso. Provenance: Philip Bacon Galleries..... More
c1920s. Pen and ink, monogrammed in pencil lower right, 25 x 14.2cm. Slight foxing. Framed. More
c1920s. Pen and ink, monogrammed in pencil lower right, 12.3 x 26cm. Slight foxing. Framed. More
c1950. Pen and ink with colour pencil, signed lower right, publishing annotations in margins, key in ink verso, corresponding to numbers on depicted figures, 53.6 x 34.4cm. Minor soiling overall, pinholes to margins. Text includes “Another off – Frank ‘Whodunit’ to ride in Blighty. Tch, tch, just as we get..... More
1949. Pen and ink with colour pencil, four panel cartoon strip, signed in image lower left, publishing annotations in pencil in upper margin, stamped “Herald, 29 Jul. 1949” verso, 22.6 x 46cm. Soiling to left portion of image and to margins. Captions include “1948-49 Racing Season ends tomorrow and resumes..... More
c1980. Watercolour with charcoal, signed lower right, 42.9 x 58.4cm. Cockling and minor foxing overall. More
1894. Watercolour with white highlight, dated and signed in image lower left and right, title, artist and date in plaque below image, 31.5 x 47.5cm. Slight foxing to image upper centre. Framing incorporates a 19th century bronze plaque. More
c1860s-1890s. Eighteen (18) watercolours, some with gouache or white highlight, two signed (one signature obscured by missing portion) and one dated “Oct. ‘80” lower left, 19.1 x 29.5cm to 63.8 x 47.1cm. Slight foxing overall, some with missing portions, repaired tears or minor creases. Six images laid down on acid-free..... More
1862. Watercolour, annotated and dated in pencil on image upper left, typed label attached to frame verso, 31.2 x 51.8cm. Slight foxing to image upper left. Framed. Annotation includes “blend colours yellow into gold.” Typed label includes “October 1862. (Terara was the old name for Nowra). On the back of..... More
1873. Watercolour and gouache, signed and dated in ink lower right, 32.7 x 23.2cm. Repaired tears to upper left corner, repaired tears and missing portion to centre of lower edge. Influenced by his teacher John Skinner Prout and by Conrad Martens, Elyard’s preferred subjects were picturesque buildings, street scenes and..... More
c1870s. Watercolour, signed lower right, 16.6 x 25.4cm. Repaired tears to edges, slight soiling. Laid down on acid-free paper. “Samuel Elyard became an artist at an early age, painting street scenes, picturesque buildings and landscapes in and around Sydney while working as a clerk in the Colonial Secretary’s Office. When..... More
c1961. Three ink and wash cartoons, each signed in image lower left or right, two with captions and all with various publishing annotations in margins, sizes from 39.5 x 26.8cm to 31.4 x 38.3cm. Minor soiling. Captions include “Looking on the ‘Wicket’ side”, and “Hot time in the old town..... More
c1950s. Carbon drawing, titled lower centre, 23.7 x 18cm (paper). Slight stains and indentation to upper portion of image, glue remnants verso. This was a proposed advertisement to be published in a University of Sydney theatre programme. J. Stanley Johnston was a prominent Sydney music publisher and retailer during the..... More
1947. Carbon drawing, dated “Sept. ‘47” and initialled twice lower centre, 25.4 x 25.3cm. Minor stains, slight creases and chips to edges. Framed. More