Street Scene, Paddington
c1950s. Crayon, signed lower right, artist name, address, title and price “10 guineas” in ink on original frame verso, 33 x 43.2cm. Framed. Address reads “Barbara Chapman, 264 Eastern Valley Way, Middle Cove, JY2234.”. More
c1950s. Crayon, signed lower right, artist name, address, title and price “10 guineas” in ink on original frame verso, 33 x 43.2cm. Framed. Address reads “Barbara Chapman, 264 Eastern Valley Way, Middle Cove, JY2234.”. 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
c1950s. Carbon drawing, titled lower centre, initialled lower right, 22.9 x 18cm. Minor creases to corners, glue remnants verso. This was a proposed advertisement to be published in a University of Sydney theatre programme. “Stella Fraenkel was one of Australia’s top milliners during the 1950s; her hats were very popular..... More
c1950. Two pencil drawings, one on tracing paper, both annotated “Goulburn” and initialled in pencil lower right, one captioned in ink verso, 34.5 x 24.6cm (approx. each). Slight stains and creases, old folds. Caption reads “Sketch for Goulburn feature, painted in new air-conditioned express trains. NSW Rly.” Sketches show the..... More
c1950s. Pencil drawing, each ship captioned, 30.7 x 21.2cm. Creases, slight stains and missing portions. Captions include (1) PS Lonsdale, 551 tons, built 1882. Stranded Port Melb. 1889, refloated 1891, broken up Melb., 1900; (2) PS Ozone, 572 tons, built 1886 for Port Phillip trade. Dismantled and sunk to form..... More
c1950s. Six drawings, four in pencil, one in ink, one in coloured pencil, five initialled and two captioned in ink or pencil, 15.5 x 12.4cm to 30.6 x 11cm. Foxing, slight creases. Captions include “The wool dance” and “Into the ‘shed’, off with the wool, release!” Four images show a...... More
c1950s. Pair of gouache paintings, one image initialled “M.C.D.” in image centre, 30.4 x 20.3cm and 38.2 x 27cm. Chips and paint loss, minor creases, each laid down on original backing. Text reads (1) The Australian Woman’s [sic] Weekly; and (2) The Australian Woman’s World: A town & country journal..... 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
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. Oil on paper, “The studio of Murch” estate stamp lower right, 30.7 x 25.6cm. Old creases, crinkles, oil stain outline verso. Artists Lloyd Rees and Arthur Murch were members of the Society of Artists, which was an “influential Sydney-based group of progressive artists who staged annual exhibitions from 1895..... More
c1951. Ink and crayon with white gouache, signed [Will Mahony (Aust., 1905-1989)] in ink lower left, titled in colour pencil in lower margin, 24.6 x 33.3cm. Minor foxing, soiling to margins. Captions read “Clive Evatt. Labor reconstruction, unlimited work for all” and “Cripes! They make me feel tired!” Clive Evatt..... More
1952. Pencil drawing, signed, titled and dated lower left, 34 x 28cm. Slight foxing. This drawing was most likely a study for the illustrations in the book by Curtis, Broken Hill, Australia, a folio of drawings, which was published in 1952. More
1952. Watercolour with pencil, signed and dated in pencil lower right, 35.9 x 26cm. Remnants of old backing verso. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
1952. Pen and ink, captioned, dated and signed lower left, 16.1 x 25.2cm. Minor creases and foxing. Caption continues “The speaker tonight will be our great leader Rabindranath Tagore, who’s [sic] message is ‘transmitted’ throughout the world. He is introduced by Mrs Annie Bessant of India. Sketched at a Theosophical..... More
1953. Ink drawing, captioned, dated “13/10/53” and signed above and below image, 20.8 x 10.1cm. Slight paper loss to image lower centre, stains to corners and image centre left. Caption continues “delivers the address at the Commemoration of Benefactors. University [of Sydney].”. More
1953. Watercolour with ink, initialled, signed and dated in ink lower right, 32 x 23cm. Repaired tears upper right and lower left, stains and paper loss to edges. Framed. More
c1953. Crayon, signed “Nan” lower right, 47.6 x 35.1cm. Water stains to upper portion of image, creases, slight foxing, tears to edges. Framed. Provenance: Close friend of the artist. More
c1953. Crayon, 35.7 x 50.4cm. Slight stains, minor tears and creases to edges. Provenance: Close friend of the artist. More
c1953. Crayon, signed “Nan Adams” in ink verso, 54.7 x 37.3cm. Slight stains overall, tears, creases and pinholes to edges. Provenance: Close friend of the artist. Adams is Hortin’s previous name from a second marriage in 1953. More
1953. Two pencil drawings, dated “Sept. 18, ’53”, initialled and annotated in lower portion and verso, 14 x 19.8cm and 20.5 x 24cm. Slight foxing and creases. Annotations include (1) “First trial run, NSW. Mark Robuck at ‘controls’ of first NSW diesel loco test, VR [Victorian Railways]. Sydney to Wollongong..... More
c1954. Oil on board, signed lower right, artist’s name, address, title, price “10 gns” and exhibition number “333” on back of frame, 29.7 x 24.5cm. Original frame. Address reads “Finlay Road, Turramurra.” A NSW painter of landscapes, portraits and indigenous people, Molly Johnson was also a children’s book illustrator working..... More
1957. Pencil drawing, titled and dated lower left, 25.9 x 36.7cm. Old vertical folds, minor creases, trimmed edges. More
c1958. Watercolour, titled, dated “about 1958” with artist’s name and annotation “AES cousin [?]” in ink on slip attached to frame verso, 25.5 x 36.6cm. Old mount burn. Framed. More
1959. Watercolour with ink, signed and dated in ink lower right, 39.9 x 29.2cm. Paper remnants to left edge. More