[Wellington Harbour From Mt. Victoria, New Zealand]
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
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
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 lower left, partially illegible caption in pencil verso, 39 x 56.7cm. Pinholes. 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, signed in ink lower left, captioned in pencil verso, 37.3 x 49.7cm. Pinholes, slight foxing to image left. 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
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
1934. Watercolour, signed and dated lower left, 33 x 39.8cm. Pinholes to edges. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
1935. Watercolour with pencil, signed and dated lower right, 35.4 x 36.6cm. Foxing overall. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
c1900-1940s. Group of 18 oil paintings, including eight on board, two on canvas and six on canvas board, some signed lower right, some captioned in pencil verso, sizes from 23.2 x 16.8cm to 36 x 64cm. Old stains, missing portions, cracking, surface loss or perforations to some. Nine are framed. Captions read..... More
1948. Watercolour with black crayon, signed and dated in pencil and ink lower centre, 24.9 x 38.3cm. Framed. The NGA holds a portfolio of King’s watercolour sketches from Europe circa 1947 to 1951, before he returned to Australia and took up printmaking. Ref: NGA; Wiki. More
c1950s. Watercolour with ink, signed lower right, 40.6 x 35cm. Repaired tears to edges, minor cockling, old mount burn. Edith Wall, also known by her married name Edith Bayne, was a painter, printmaker, cartoonist and art teacher. She studied art in Rome, London, and at the Sorbonne in Paris, where..... More
1952. Pen and ink with crayon and watercolour, titled, signed and dated in ink lower right, 32.6 x 47.2cm. Framed. Much of Donald Friend’s life and career was spent outside Australia, in places as “diverse as Nigeria (late 1930s, where he served as financial advisor to the Ogoga of Ikerre)..... More
1975. Four ink and wash drawings, each titled, signed “P.R. Braun” and dated lower right, sizes from 17.2 x 31.3cm to 24.7 x 23.4cm. Slight foxing overall. Titles read “Post Office, Ponsonby; Ewelme Cottage, 1864, Parnell; Renton Farm, 1884, Mangere; [and] Alberton, 1862, Mt Albert.”. More
c1900–1920s. Group of 23 pictures consisting of one watercolour and 22 oil painting studies, including four on board, two on stretchers, one signed “Meynell Withers” lower left, three captioned in ink (one illegible) and one annotated “Mary” in pencil verso, sizes range from 14.2 x 22cm to 23.2 x 38cm..... More
1820. Pencil drawing, artist’s name, title and date in ink on backing below image, 24.1 x 17.7cm. Tipped to original backing, stains and foxing to margins. Christoph Heinrich Kniep was a German artist noted for accompanying the famous German writer Goethe on his journey to Naples, Paestum and Sicily. Initially..... More
1844-1845. Collection of 15 watercolours and ink and wash drawings, all titled, one signed “drawn by E. Ashworth”, some annotated in ink or pencil above or below image, 20.3 x 26.3cm to 26.7 x 45.8cm. Most with discolouration, stains, foxing, creases, repaired tears and missing portions, some laid down on..... More
c1840s-1850s. Gouache, 17.9 x 24.8cm. Slight foxing to upper portion. Framed. Image shows American, French, British and Danish flags flying above foreigner hongs (trading posts). The hongs that appear in this painting were burnt down in 1856 during the Second Opium War and the western traders relocated to warehouses across..... More
1855. Oil on paper, captioned, dated “Thursday, 15 Feb, 1855” and signed in ink and pencil on backing below image, 17.8 x 26.8cm. Minor stains, tipped to original backing. Framed. Captions include “Lat. 38-47 South. Long. 77-52 East. Off Gravesend [UK], 2 Dec, 54. Arrived off Williamstown, Vic, Mar. 6..... More
c1900. Pair of watercolours, each signed lower left, one is titled and annotated in an unknown hand in pencil verso, 26.7 x 75.5cm; 27.5 x 25.6cm. Slight stains and foxing, repaired tears and missing portions. Annotation reads “Sketch book no. 173.”. More
1913. Oil on canvas, signed “M. Evergood Blashki” and dated lower right, titled and annotated in an unknown hand in pencil verso with Chelsea art stores stamp, 30.5 x 40.7cm. Minor stains to upper portion, slight dents and surface loss to corners, laid down on board. Annotation reads “Exhibited at..... More
c1910-1914. Pencil drawing, signed by the artist’s great-niece Gael Hammer in pencil and stamped “From the studio of Miles Evergood” verso, 16.8 x 13cm. Slight soiling to upper centre. Illustrated in Hammer, Miles Evergood: No end of passion, 2013, p6. Ref: GH163. Exhibited in Kozminsky Galleries, Melbourne, 2001. More
1952. Watercolour, signed and dated in pencil lower right, titled in pencil verso, 35.7 x 25.9cm. More
1952. Watercolour with pencil, signed and dated in pencil lower right, titled and annotated in pencil verso, 33.8 x 24cm. Minor stains and paper remnant to edges of image. Annotation reads “A monastery is seen behind the tree on the left of the drawing.”. More