1941. Crayon drawing, signed “Nan” and dated in pencil lower right, 51.5 x 39.7cm. Missing portions, stains and tears overall. Laid down on acid-free backing. Nan Hortin (née Lyall) was a painter, sketcher, craft-worker and art teacher. She travelled extensively and was a member of several art groups in Sydney..... 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. 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

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. 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 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

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. 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

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

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. 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. Gouache and crayon, signed in pencil upper left with crayon sketch verso, 27.5 x 19.4cm. 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