Graphics
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# 42710
STUERZL, Jennifer (1956 - )
River mangroves mud
[Brisbane : the artist, 2020]. Artist’s book, handbound by David Bedford in salvaged mangrove wood (with salvage permit reference numbers included), stitch binding by the artist, pp. [16], handprinted sheets with collage, concrete poem in manuscript by Jennifer Stuerzl inside upper board, manuscript map of the Brisbane River to lower board, a stunning book housed …
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# 44639
COUNIHAN, Noel et al.
Eureka 1854 – 1954 : a folio of lino-cuts
Melbourne : Popular Print Art Group, 1954. Quarto, lettered paper portfolio (a little edge-worn, the tipped-on Noel Counihan linocut on the front panel in fine condition), four sheets letterpress and fourteen original linocuts of the Eureka Rebellion by Ray Wenban, Noel Counihan, Pat O’Connor, Peter Miller, Ailsa O’Connor, Len Gale, Ernie McFarlane, Maurice Carter, Naomi …
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# 35316
LETI, Bruno
Recorded movements in time. Eight silkscreen prints 1991.
Melbourne : the artist, 1991. Folio, lettered wrappers with linocut design, stringbound, pp. 24, introduction by Bruno Leti, eight silkscreen prints made in collaboration with Larry Rawling. Limited to 35 copies plus 7 proofs (this is Artists Proof II). Two copies recorded in Australian libraries (State Library of Victoria, State Library of New South Wales)
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# 43015
FEMBO, Christoph (editor and publisher)
[INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS]. Abbildungen der Bewohner der Erde,
aus den besten Schriften zusammengestellt … … Nürnberg : Christoph Fembo, 1816. Broadsheet, 610 x 500 mm, copper engraving with original hand colouring; light creasing, some short edge tears and a few expert repairs. A spectacular early nineteenth-century coloured engraving illustrating the traditional costume of peoples of the world. The sixty-six full-length portraits are arranged …
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# 33495
GILL, S. T. (Samuel Thomas) (1818-1880)
Diggers shipping from Melbourne / The Shipping Agents are netting handsome.
[Melbourne : James J. Blundell, between 1852 and 1855]. Illustrated letter paper, 182 x 115 mm, bifolium with lithographed letterhead reproducing one of the plates from S.T. Gill’s Sketches of the Victoria gold diggings and diggers as they are (Melbourne : Macartney & Galbraith, August 1852); lithographed image, including captions, 90 x 90 mm; the rear blank side has a …
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# 40880
[GILL, S. T.]
[The Melbourne Rose].
[The Melbourne Rose. Part II. Honour to the brave memory of John King, R. O’Hara Burke, William John Wills]. [London : Myers & Co., 1862 (printed in Hamburg)]. Chromolithographed and engraved folding pictorial ephemeron, die cut in the shape of a rose (small loss to a couple of small pieces in the centre), without the …
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# 42660
[MORGAN, James Squire Woodward, 1886-1974)
Squire Morgan, Sydney printmaker, painter and photographer: a small archive of ephemera, including proof etchings, printing blocks, original photographs, and books from his studio.
Group of approximately 85 gelatin silver print photographs, 1940s-1960s; various dimensions up to 250 x 300 mm; mainly comprising Squire Morgan’s photographic reproductions of his own artworks, some mounted on card by the artist (frequent duplication), but also including outdoor scenes later used in artworks, and a significant portrait study of the artist at work …
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# 43861
[Anon.]
A chromolithographic birthday card. Australia, 1880s.
Embossed chromolithographic card, 125 x 55 mm, printed recto only; the text reads: ‘With best wishes for a happy birthday’; unused, in very good condition. Found in a distressed family photograph album presented by Alfred William Goddard (Ballarat 1857-1910 Prahran) to his second wife Sarah Jane (Fountain) (Ballarat 1858-1925 Richmond), in 1887.
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# 43162
SYME, Eveline Winifred (1888-1961)
The Duomo Steps, Siena, 1931
Linocut, printed in colour from four blocks on buff oriental laid tissue, 29.5 x 22.5 cm (sheet), 23.2 x 18.2 cm (printed image), signed and dated in pencil lower right, numbered 6/25 and titled in pencil lower left, framed. A charming modernist linocut by Eveline Syme of a group of people on the cathedral steps …
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# 10384
NORTHFIELD, James (1887-1973) (artist)
Australia : Great Barrier Reef, Queensland
Particulars at government, shipping & travel offices. Melbourne : Australian National Publicity Association, [1930s]. Offset lithograph, 1030 x 630 mm, a few tears expertly conserved, professionally cleaned and laid on linen. Text continues “Australian National Publicity Association, Railway Building, Flinders St, Melbourne. No. 103. Photo Litho., McLarens, Melbourne.” A stunning travel poster of North Queensland …
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# 137
LASINIO, Carlo (1759 – 1838)
La caduta degli Angeli ribelli. La Chûte des Anges ribelles
[Affreschi celebri del XIV e XV secolo] Engraving 390 x 445mm Published in Florence, 1821 The central image in Laninio‘s engraving is St Michael the Archangel and the army of angels battling the rebel demons during Satan’s uprising as described in the book of Revelations. The Holy Father watches over this scene from Heaven while …
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# 37846
TUCKER, Albert (1914 - 1999)
Antipodean head
Lithograph printed in colour, 245 x 245 mm, numbered lower left 20/100, signed and dated Tucker 81 lower right, framed with a floating mount in chocolate brown frame measuring 540 x 520 mm. A fine graphic by Tucker showing one of his most recognisable motifs, where the figure is integrated with the Australian landscape.
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# 43636
WATSON, Tommy (c. 1935 - 2017)
An original etching by Tommy Watson
Etching printed in colour, with hand painted detail, measures 250 x 180 mm (plate), limited to 50 numbered copies signed with his monogram ‘X’. Framed in white timber measuring 550 x 460 mm. Created by the artist for the deluxe edition of his 2010 monograph published by Macmillan Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson Ngayuku Ngura – …
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# 18052
WARHOL, Andy (1928-1987); FRANKFURT, Suzie; WARHOLA, Júlia
Wild Raspberries. (Presentation copy inscribed by the artist)
New York : the artist, 1959. Folio (445 mm tall), original fuchsia papered boards (faded and paper lost at spine, as usual), title sheet, pp [42], comprised of 18 single illustrated leaves (one enhanced with original watercolour), one double-page illustration and one sheet with text, interleaved with eight sheets of fuchsia tissue paper, as issued; …
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# 42700
RACKHAM, Arthur
The Wendy Calendar by Arthur Rackham
London : Hodder & Stoughton [1911]. Thick card envelope (284 x 367 mm, some stains and edge wear), printed title and tipped-on colour plate by Rackham, containing The Wendy Calendar, consisting of six cards printed in colour, each card with a pasted on colour plate by Rackham and a small calendar for two months of …
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# 12032
COLUMBIA PICTURES [U.S.A.]
The Blonde Captive
[Los Angeles, California] : Columbia Pictures, [1932]. Group of seven monochrome lobby cards for the film The Blonde Captive (1932), each 280 x 355 mm, with different designs printed in sepia ink on light card, mild wear to some edges and corners and light toning, but overall a finely preserved group. “In 1928 the Australian …