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  • Three signed etchings from 'The alignments' series

    # 50470

    LETI, Bruno (1941 - )

    Three signed etchings from ‘The alignments’ series

    Three two-plate etchings, each 215 x 150 mm, signed and dated 1999 lower right, titled lower left, artists proofs, mounted. Three striking and detailed original etchings by Bruno Leti created for his artist’s book ‘The Alignments’ published in 2000. Provenance: the artist, acquired 2025

  • Portrait of Sappho of Lesbos

    # 50454

    THEVET, André (1516-1590):

    Portrait of Sappho of Lesbos

    “Sapho Lesbienne Poetrice” (caption). Copperplate engraving measuring 170 x 140 mm (image); 370 x 230 mm (sheet), letterpress in French surrounding the image, extracted from André Thevet’s Les Vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres grecz, latins et payens (Paris, 1584). A fine example of Thevet’s iconic representation of the classical Greek poet Sappho ( …

  • The Emigrants' Voyage [to Australia]. (Complete set of 12 magic lantern glass slides)

    # 49774

    [THEOBOLD & CO.]

    The Emigrants’ Voyage [to Australia]. (Complete set of 12 magic lantern glass slides)

    [London : Theobold & Co, c.1900]. Complete set of twelve magic lantern glass slides, uniform 82 x 82 mm format, illustrated by the chromolithographic transfer process; numbered printed caption labels to top edges of mounts; one slide is lacking its label, another has a diagonal hairline crack across the front glass, otherwise the set is …

  • Santa Cruz, Toledo (1936) (original etching with accompanying booklet)

    # 50098

    LINDSAY, Lionel (1874 - 1961)

    Santa Cruz, Toledo (1936) (original etching with accompanying booklet)

    Etching, printed in brown ink, 25.2 x 17.6 cm (plate mark), 322 x 235 mm (paper), mounted at upper hinge to a backing card, old mount burn, light foxing, very good. Loosely enclosed, a contemporary printed caption announcing that the etching is printed exclusively for members of The Society of Print Connoisseurs, November 1946. Accompanied …

  • [POSTER]. Circle path meander. Central Australian paintings from the Carnegie Collection

    # 32776

    [POSTER]. Circle path meander. Central Australian paintings from the Carnegie Collection

    Collected in the 1970s by Geoffrey Bardon. Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1988. Printed poster, 590 x 415 mm, introduction by Margaret Carnegie, essay by Geoffrey Bardon and catalogue verso. An important poster and catalogue for this landmark exhibition of Australian Aboriginal art. Fine copy. Note: this is the only catalogue for the exhibition, …

  • Paddington charades

    # 50291

    BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

    Paddington charades

    Etching, 40 x 50.5 cm (plate line); 70 x 80 cm (sheet), titled in pencil lower centre, editioned A/P lower left, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, unframed. The published edition was 30 copies. A fine large format Blackman etching illustrating a row of terrace houses with children and cat motifs. Provenance: The estate …

  • Jack and the giant (circa 1975)

    # 50290

    BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

    Jack and the giant (circa 1975)

    Etching and aquatint, 50.5 x 39.5 cm (plate line); 69.5 x 59.5 cm (sheet), titled in pencil lower centre, editioned 20/20 lower left, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, a couple of small spots of foxing in the margin, unframed. A fine large format Blackman etching illustrating the traditional English fairy tale. Provenance: The …

  • To fetch a pail of water (circa 1975)

    # 50289

    BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

    To fetch a pail of water (circa 1975)

    Etching and aquatint, 50.5 x 39.5 cm (plate line); 69.5 x 59.5 cm (sheet), titled in pencil lower centre, editioned A/P lower left, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, a couple of very small spots of foxing in the margin, unframed. A fine large format Blackman etching illustrating the traditional English nursery rhyme. Jack …

  • Hickory hickory dock (circa 1975)

    # 50288

    BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

    Hickory hickory dock (circa 1975)

    Etching and aquatint, 50.5 x 39.5 cm (plate line); 69.5 x 59.5 cm (sheet), printed on Arches paper, titled in pencil lower centre, editioned 15/20 lower left, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, a couple of small spots of foxing in the margin, unframed. A fine large format Blackman etching illustrating the traditional English …

  • So many children (circa 1975)

    # 50287

    BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

    So many children (circa 1975)

    Etching and aquatint, 39.5 x 50.5 cm (plate line); 59.5 x 69.5 cm (sheet), titled in pencil lower centre, editioned 9/20 lower left, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, a fine example, unframed. A fine large format Blackman etching illustrating the traditional English nursery rhyme There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a …

  • Summer days - Colette

    # 50286

    BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

    Summer days – Colette

    Screenprint, 53 x 35 cm (image); 56.5 x 39 cm (sheet), numbered 48/75 lower left, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, titled lower centre, a couple of very small spots of foxing, unframed. A fine Blackman screenprint inspired from his ‘Colette’ series, a series of works from the late 1970s inspired by Claudine schoolgirl novels …

  • Ding dong dell (circa 1975)

    # 50284

    BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

    Ding dong dell (circa 1975)

    Etching and aquatint, 50.5 x 39.5 cm (plate line); 69.5 x 59.5 cm (sheet), titled in pencil lower centre, editioned 14/20 lower left, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, a couple of small spots of foxing in the margin, unframed. A fine large format Blackman etching illustrating the traditional English nursery rhyme. Ding dong …

  • I love Tom Jones (1969)

    # 50283

    BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

    I love Tom Jones (1969)

    Colour screenprint, 40 x 57 cm (plate line); 56 x 76 cm (sheet), titled in pencil lower centre, editioned V15/25 lower left, signed and dated by Blackman in pencil lower right, blind stamp lower right which reads “Hand-printed in collaboration with the artist. Paddington Print Studio, Australia’, light handling creases, unframed. A fine large format …

  • Playtime (circa 1980)

    # 50281

    BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

    Playtime (circa 1980)

    Screenprint, 32 x 48 cm (image); 45.5 x 58 cm (sheet), titled lower centre and editioned lower left 57/100, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, a fine example, unframed. A fine and dynamically composed Blackman screenprint of children at play. Provenance: The estate of the late Barbara Blackman (1928 – 2024) The estate of …

  • Consequences of a successful French invasion

    # 50129

    GILLRAY, James (1756 - 1815)

    Consequences of a successful French invasion

    No. 1. Plate 1st.  “We come to recover your long lost liberties” – Scene. The House of Commons. London: James Gillray, March 1st 1798. Etching printed in sanguine, on paper watermarked 1794, 319 x 361 mm, trimmed to just within the plate line, to small chips lower edge (one detached and held in place with …

  • Europe's Gay Gateway. See wonderful Copenhagen via SAS

    # 19684

    LINDHARDT, Knud

    Europe’s Gay Gateway. See wonderful Copenhagen via SAS

    [Copenhagen : Scandinavian Airlines System, circa 1956]. Offset lithograph, 970 x 720 mm, printed lower left ‘Printed in Denmark – Interprint A/S Stosv 1860’, light handling marks, else fine. A fabulously kitsch 1950s travel poster for the Danish capital, designed by Knud Lindhardt. The poster was issued in two sheets in mirror image, of which …