1939. Pencil sketch, titled, dated (twice), signed and captioned above and below image, 19.8 x 24.3cm. Creases, slight foxing. Framed. Caption reads “We don’t know anything about art! But! We do know what people like!” Provenance: Bloomfield Galleries. Most likely a study for Hinder’s 1939 lithograph titled “Archibald Prize [AGNSW].”..... More
c1939. Ink and wash with white highlight, signed “Chatham” in image lower left, captioned “J. Saywell’s Riley Imp” erroneously in panel below image, 21 x 18.1cm. Minor cockling. Framed. “In 1939 [racing car driver] Jack Saywell, then in his late 20s, imported a 1936 3-litre Monoposto Alfa Romeo. It was..... More
![Surf Lifesaver and Surfboard Rider]. Robert Emerson Curtis, 1898–1996 Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL198-117_1.jpg?v=1576815067)
1939. Two pencil drawings, one captioned “board rider”, both initialled and dated lower right, 22.5 x 11.5cm and 16 x 24cm. Slight foxing. More
![Pelicans]. Nutter Buzacott, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-20.JPG?v=1486012758)
c1940s. Watercolour with crayons, signed in ink lower right, 26.3 x 38.5cm. Born in Perth, Nutter Buzacott worked with James Flett and Mervyn Wallis at Patons Advertising Company in Melbourne during the 1930s. Prior to this Buzacott had experimented with linocuts, lithographs and etchings. In 1936 he studied at Colarossi’s..... More
![Houses Along Port Phillip Bay]. Sybil Craig, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-31_1.JPG?v=1486012767)
1940. Watercolour, charcoal and pencil with accompanying pencil study which includes marginalia lower left, the painting is signed and dated in pencil lower left and annotated in ink verso, 33.8 x 42cm (paper) and 33.9 x 42.2cm. Each with minor stains and foxing, study with minor perforation upper left. The..... More
![Wharfies Loading Supplies Onto A Ship]. Robert Emerson Curtis, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-37.JPG?v=1486091833)
c1940s. Pencil drawing, signed lower left, 35 x 24.8cm. Slight foxing overall. More
c1940s. Watercolour with pencil on folded paper, annotations concerning colours in margins, titled overleaf, 24.9 x 19.5cm. Pinholes and slight stains to margins. Paolo and Francesca da Rimini were adulterous lovers who were portrayed in Dante Aligheri’s The Divine Comedy. In the poem, they are condemned to the second circle..... More
![Seated Clown With Dog]. Will Mahony, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-111.JPG?v=1486091807)
c1940s. Ink and pencil sketch, 25.4 x 17.9cm. Tears and stains above image, creases overall. London-born cartoonist, illustrator and printmaker Will Mahony was the son of Australian artist Frank P. Mahony. More
![Clown Playing Violin]. Will Mahony, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL183-112.JPG?v=1486091807)
c1940s. Watercolour with ink and crayon, 27 x 18.7cm. More
![Resch’s Long Bottle Pilsener. Now For The Best Round Of All [Golf]. Alan D. Baker, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL181-153.JPG?v=1486091710)
c1940s. Oil on canvas, and colour lithograph poster, signed lower right, 96 x 71.5cm (painting), 99.5 x 76.cm (poster). Slight soiling. Original frame. This oil painting was commissioned by Resch’s Brewery to be reproduced as a poster for their pubs. It is extremely rare to have both the original artwork..... More
c1940s. Pair of cover illustrations in pen and ink with watercolour, captioned in pencil in lower margin, 32.1 x 37.2cm (approx. each). Soiling, slight creases and foxing overall, pinholes to margins. Nils Josef (Joe) Jonsson was an Australian cartoonist born in Halmstad, Sweden. At age 18 he went to sea..... More
c1940s. Ink and watercolour with white gouache, signed lower left, titled in pencil in lower margin, 24.7 x 33.8cm. Slight soiling and foxing overall. Captions read “Australia. Unbridled censorship.”. More
c1938-1940. Ink and wash with crayon and white gouache, signed lower right, titled in pencil in lower margin, publishing annotation in right margin, 25.3 x 30.3cm. Slight soiling overall. Captions read “Daily News. For an Australian New Deal.”. More
![Still Life With Jug]. Sybil Craig, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL166-40.JPG?v=1492486418)
c1940s. Pencil drawing, signed lower left, 20.3 x 17.7cm. Minor soiling. More
![Man Carrying A Sack]. Sybil Craig, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL166-41.JPG?v=1492486419)
c1940s. Pencil study, signed in ink lower right, 27.1 x 17.7cm. Stains and creases to upper portion of image and margins, slight paper loss to edges of margins. More
![Suburbia]. Gladys Gibbons, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL166-65.JPG?v=1492486441)
c1940s. Watercolour, signed in pencil lower right, 27 x 25.4cm. Framed. More
![Words Fail Him [Prime Minister Billy Hughes]. Will Mahony, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL174-136.JPG?v=1492658874)
1940. Ink and wash, signed lower left, captioned in image upper centre and in pencil in lower margin, publishing stamp with date verso, 34.2 x 41.7cm. Slight soiling, missing portions to margins. Caption in image reads “During his war cabinet visit to Brisbane, Mr Hughes will be quartered in the..... More
c1940. Pen and ink with white gouache, 23 x 29.3cm. Soiling, foxing, slight surface loss, old glue stains. Captions include “Moroney. Miner’s family.” Provenance: Campbell estate. Timothy Moroney was an office bearer of the Australian Railway Union. Frank Campbell was an illustrator for The Worker, a newspaper affiliated with the..... More
1940. Pen and ink with gouache, signed [Will Mahony (Aust., 1905-1989)] in gouache and titled in pencil with publishing annotations on image and margins, publishing stamp with date verso, 34.2 x 41.6cm. Missing portions and slight soiling to margins. Caption in image reads “During his war cabinet visit to Brisbane..... More
c1940. Ink drawing, signed lower right, typed title and artist on accompanying collector’s label, 34 x 21.9cm. Creases, perforations lower centre, old mount burn. Label includes “Rubin Collection.” This drawing was in the collection of Major Harold De Vahl Rubin (1899-1964), who was a wealthy grazier, art collector and philanthropist..... More
![Beach Gathering With Guitar Player]. Nan Hortin, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL176-58.JPG?v=1492661071)
c1940s. Crayon drawing, signed “Nan” in pencil lower left, 32.7 x 37.5cm. Missing portions, creases, tears, stains. Provenance: friend of Nan Hortin. Nan Hortin (nee Lyall) was a painter, sketcher, craft-worker and art teacher. She travelled extensively and was a member of several art groups in Sydney. More
![Self-portrait]. Oswald Hall, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL192-54.JPG?v=1524199239)
c1940s. Pencil sketch, signed lower right, annotated “Melbourne” in ink below image, 15.5 x 9cm. Stains and foxing overall, tears and creases to edges. Melbourne painter and printmaker Oswald Hall was the son of L. Bernard Hall, a prominent artist. Oswald was influenced by Christian Waller, who shared his interest..... More
![Portrait Of A Young Man]. Rachel Roxburgh, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL192-153.JPG?v=1524199171)
c1940s. Pencil drawing, signed lower right, 32 x 21.5cm. Slight stains, foxing and minor creases overall. More
![Portrait Of A Woman]. Rachel Roxburgh, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL192-154.JPG?v=1524199172)
c1940s. Pencil sketch, signed lower centre, 24.5 x 25cm. Slight foxing, stains, creases. Sydney-born artist Rachel Mary Roxburgh was also an educator, conservationist, and architectural heritage campaigner. She studied at East Sydney Technical College and Adelaide Perry School. She exhibited with the Contemporary Group and the Society of Artists, and..... More
![Farmer’s Centenary [Department Store, Sydney.]. Robert Emerson Curtis, 1898–1996 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL198-118.jpg?v=1576815068)
c1940. Transfer drawing, titled and captioned lower left, 19.7 x 25.6cm. Old folds, slight foxing, trimmed left edge and corners. Caption reads “Period 1880. [Centenary] 1840 to 1940.” Shows the Garden Palace, purpose-built for the Sydney International Exhibition in 1879. This drawing is a study for a mural for Farmer..... More