1941. Pair of pencil drawings with some added coloured pencil, each captioned, dated “30/3/41” and “10/4/41”, one annotated concerning colours, 22.8 x 27.6cm (each). Minor stains overall. These drawings are from a sketch book. Captions include “New [sic] Ams.[terdam] , Ile de France” and “Detail, HMAS Bungaree, Melbourne.”..... More
1941. Crayon drawing, signed “Nan” and dated in pencil lower right, 51.5 x 39.7cm. Missing portions, stains and tears overall. Laid down on acid-free backing. Nan Hortin (née Lyall) was a painter, sketcher, craft-worker and art teacher. She travelled extensively and was a member of several art groups in Sydney..... More
c1942. Double-sided drawing with pencil, ink and crayon, 15.6 x 9.2cm. Minor perforations. Framed. Born in Annandale, NSW, painter Eric Wilson studied under Henry Moore, after winning a travelling art scholarship in 1937. Wilson returned to Australia after travelling through Europe and began creating works in the cubist style. In... More
1943. Pen and ink, signed and dated lower right, 28.3 x 24.7cm. Minor creases to image. Framed. More
c1943. Watercolour with pencil, signed lower right, 35.6 x 28cm. Slight foxing to lower edge. Nevill-Smith was a finalist for the 1943 Wynne Prize with a painting titled “Blue Mountain Ranges.”. More
1944. Watercolour, signed and dated lower right, 29 x 21.4cm. More
c1944. Watercolour and gouache with pencil on card, signed lower right, 37.2 x 55.2cm. Minor foxing and soiling, pinholes to edges. Unusually large artwork for the cover of the comic Wally and the Major by Stan Cross. More
1944. Pen and ink with white gouache, signed in ink lower right, publishing annotation “2 col. [The] Worker” and titled in pencil in lower margin, annotated and dated “3/4/44” in ink verso, 33.2 x 25cm. Foxing, creases, tears and pinholes to edges. Captions in image read “Where do I come..... More
c1944. Pen and ink with white gouache, signed in ink lower right, publishing annotation “3. col.” in pencil lower centre, 22.9 x 30cm. Creases, cracking, old pinholes, slight foxing, soiling. Provenance: Campbell estate. Francis (Frank) Herbert Campbell was the husband of artist Margaret Campbell. More
1944. Pen and ink, signed and dated in pencil lower right, 22.5 x 17.4cm. Old mount burn, slight foxing, tears to lower left corner. More
1945. Watercolour, titled, dated “10.11.45” and signed lower left to right, 26.7 x 36.7cm. Slight tears to right edge. More
1945. Pen and ink, signed and dated below image, 11.5 x 25cm. Repaired minor perforation to image lower left, slight stains to image lower centre and margins, torn edges not affecting image. A similar image, dated “1944” is held in the NGV. More
1946. Ink and wash, signed and dated lower left, typed text including date and caption on two slips affixed to lower margin, dated in pencil verso, 28.4 x 36.4cm. Slight soiling and stains to edges of image and margins. Captions in image include “Zoning. Liquor reform. Teachers’ salaries. Auditor report... More
1946. Ink and wash with colour pencil, signed and dated lower left, typed text including date and caption on slip affixed to lower margin, dated in pencil verso, 30.4 x 38.9cm. Slight soiling, foxing, central portion of image amended with white gouache. Caption in image reads “Zoning ends April.” Text... More
1946. Oil on board, signed and dated lower left, titled (twice), signed, dated “Sept. 1946” and annotated in ink on frame label verso, 54.8 x 46.7cm. Minor soiling or scuffing to image. Original frame. An overpainted title reads “The white man’s gift.” Annotation reads “Boolambayte, Buladelah [Hunter region, NSW].” Eric..... 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
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
1947. Watercolour with crayon and white highlight, signed “WEP” in image lower right, titled in pencil in lower margin, publishing stamp verso, 30.8 x 45.1cm. Slight foxing and stains to image, creases to upper corners. Stamp reads “Sunday Telegraph. Used 15 Feb. 1947.” Sydney-born Pidgeon began his career as a.... More
1948. Watercolour with pencil and crayon, signed and dated in pencil upper left, 28.5 x 39.4cm. Pinholes. Provenance: artist’s estate. Muriel Medworth, wife of prominent artist Frank Medworth, was a watercolour painter, interior decorator, textile and fashion designer, ceramicist and teacher who, along with her husband, pursued her career in... More
1949. Coloured pencil with graphite, titled, signed and dated lower centre to right, 21.1 x 30.3cm. Trimmed lower edge, minor foxing centre left and lower right. Australia’s first studio potter William Merric Boyd also produced a large body of drawings often showing his strong imagery of trees. 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
c1949. Ink with watercolour in four panels, signed in fourth panel and annotated “2612, Sat. Jan. 29” in ink in right margin, 19.2 x 58.4cm. Slight stains and pinholes to margins. The “Bluey and Curley” comic strip, created for the magazine Picture-News in 1940, featured two eponymous Australian soldiers who... More
c1950s. Ink drawing, titled and signed upper and lower right, 24.2 x 18.4cm. Stains to corners and upper edge, slight foxing overall. More
c1950s. Pencil drawing, initialled, annotated “U/S” and “A100” in ink lower right, titled in pencil in French verso, 19 x 24.3cm (paper). Minor tears to right edge, slight stains. Provenance: artist’s sister, Margery Ann Strachan. More
c1950s. Pencil drawing, initialled and annotated “U/S” and “A11” in ink lower right, 24.4 x 18.1cm. Creases overall, slight stains to upper corners. Provenance: artist’s sister, Margery Ann Strachan. More
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