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, 20.4 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. 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. 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

c1930s. Oil on canvas, signed lower right, 44.5 x 59.7cm. Framed. More

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

c1930s. Watercolour, signed lower left, titled in pencil verso, 39.2 x 57cm. Pinholes, minor missing portions to corners. Artist Hugh Nevill-Smith was also a teacher of voice/singing at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Sydney during the 1930s. He exhibited and travelled extensively, including the USA, and especially in Phoenix..... More

c1930s. Watercolour, signed in ink lower right, captioned by Nevill-Smith and annotated in another hand in pencil verso, 35.4 x 49.1cm. Pinholes, foxing. Annotation reads “Miss Lucy Fyers, Lake Road, Te Kawhata, New Zealand.”. More

c1930s. Watercolour with pencil, signed lower right, titled in pencil verso, 34.8 x 52.8cm. Pinholes and minor creases to upper edge. Artist Hugh Nevill-Smith was also a teacher of voice/singing at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Sydney during the 1930s. He exhibited and travelled extensively, including the USA, and..... More

1932. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 58.5 x 74.2cm. Minor crazing, some soiling and scuffing to surface. Framed. More

1934. Ink drawing, signed, dated and titled lower left to right, 41.8 x 25.2cm. Pinholes and minor missing portions below image, old mount burn. More

c1934. Wash with pencil, signed in pencil lower right, 10.6 x 21.6cm. Laid down on original backing. Scottish etcher and watercolourist Muirhead Bone “became known for his depiction of industrial and architectural subjects and his work as a war artist in both the First and Second World Wars. Bone was..... More