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# 50874

BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

Titania as Bride

Etching, 19.5 x 15 cm (plate line); 40 x 30 cm (sheet), not titled or editioned (artist’s proof, the published edition was 60 copies), signed by Blackman lower right, unframed. A fine, lyrical Blackman etching printed in colour. Titania is the powerful, strong-willed Queen of the Fairies and wife of King Oberon in Shakespeare’s A …

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# 50831

ASHTON, Dore

David Rankin : the New York years (deluxe edition, with original signed etching)

Melbourne : Macmillan, 2013. Quarto, linen bound boards in matching slipcase, ribbon drawer, pp. 288, illustrated. The deluxe edition printed in an edition of 40 copies, specially bound, accompanied by an original signed etching presented loose, the etching numbered AP 2/10. Fine copy. This book provides illuminating insights into the development of the numerous themes …

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# 50810

HAZELWOOD, Art

Postcards From Asia

[San Francisco : the artist, circa 2000]. Quarto, concertina style bound artist’s book, papered boards, containing 14 original woodcuts, each signed and numbered by the artist in an edition of 25. Created in a small edition with prints made for Hazelwood’s Walking up and down in Asia series (2000), with different prints included in each …

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# 50750

SHEAD, Garry (1942- )

Ern Malley : The Darkening Ecliptic

Darwin : Basil Hall Editions, 2003. Nine etchings, each 150 x 220 mm, hand-printed by Natasha Rowell. Edition of 50; housed in a purpose-built ceramic box (290 x 215 x 60 mm); the etchings join up in the fashion of a puzzle to complete Shead’s image, Petit Testament; each of the nine etchings is signed verso, …

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# 50668

SMART, Jeffrey (1921-2013)

[JEFFREY SMART] Evening. Lino Cut by Jeff Smart.

Full-page offset printed illustration, page 19 in: The Torch : Published annually by the Adelaide Teachers’ College. Vol. XXI, December, 1941. Adelaide : Printed at The Hassell Press, 1941. Small quarto, original textured paper wrappers with yapp edges (some light marks and edge wear), upper wrapper with design in blue and black (silverfished, light stains, light warping …

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# 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 ( …

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# 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

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# 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 …

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# 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 …

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# 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, …

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# 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 …

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# 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 …

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# 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 …

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# 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 …

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# 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 …

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# 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 …

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