[The Three Sisters, Katoomba, NSW]
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
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
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
c1946. Seven drawings, five in pencil, two in ink, one dated, each initialled and most captioned in pencil lower left or right, 16.8 x 18.5cm to 20.5 x 32.5cm. Creases, slight foxing. Captions include (1) Mt Isa; (2) Hardy & Steel from USA; (3) Mt Isa, narrow gauge surface locs..... 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. Graphite and coloured pencil, signed and dated in graphite lower right, 13.7 x 17.7cm. Minor crinkles. 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
c1950s. Gouache and crayon, signed in pencil upper left with crayon sketch verso, 27.5 x 19.4cm. More
c1950. Pen and ink with colour pencil, signed lower right, publishing annotations in margins, key in ink verso, corresponding to numbers on depicted figures, 53.6 x 34.4cm. Minor soiling overall, pinholes to margins. Text includes “Another off – Frank ‘Whodunit’ to ride in Blighty. Tch, tch, just as we get..... More
c1940s-1950s. Ink and wash, signed lower right, titled in pencil with various publishing annotations in lower margin, 38.7 x 26.5cm. Soiling overall, crease and slight crinkles to margins. Caption in lower portion of image reads “Australia”, cancelled caption in upper portion of image reads “Russian Successes.” This work was most..... More
c1950s. Pen and ink with watercolour, titled and signed lower right, captioned throughout image, 30.2 x 44.9cm. Foxing, soiling. Captions include “De Quiros – Duyfken, 1606; Tasman, 1642; Dampier, 1699; Cook, 1770; Phillip, 1788; Blaxland, Lawson, Wentworth, 1813.”. More
c1950s. Ink and wash, signed lower left, various publishing annotations in pencil in lower margin, 38.6 x 26.5cm. Soiling overall, crease and slight crinkles to margins. Captions in image read “Inflation” and “wage earner.”. More