Paintings & Drawings

  • Carrion Vulture (Vultur Bismarckii)

    # 46852

    McCRAE, George Gordon (1833-1927)

    Carrion Vulture (Vultur Bismarckii)

    [Melbourne, c.1871]. Ink and wash on paper, 235 x 285 mm (sheet), signed in the image lower left ‘G G McCrae’, titled by the artist lower centre ‘Carrion Vulture (Vultur Bismarckii)’; laid down on board. A large-scale allegorical sketch depicting Bismarck picking over the corpses of France and Liberty, by the Melbourne literary figure George …

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  • Study for 'Inferno' c. 1966

    # 50490

    NOLAN, Sidney (1917 - 1922)

    Study for ‘Inferno’ c. 1966

    Coloured crayons on card, 20 x 20 cm (image), 33 x 25 cm (sheet), signed in pencil lower right. A study for the major nine panel work ‘Inferno’ currently on long term loan from the The Estate of Lady Nolan to the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery. ‘Nolan immersed himself in the myths of the …

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  • Study for 'Mrs. Fraser' c. 1966

    # 50491

    NOLAN, Sidney (1917 - 1922)

    Study for ‘Mrs. Fraser’ c. 1966

    Coloured crayons on card, 27 x 25.5 cm (image), 33 x 25 cm (sheet), signed in pencil centre right. A study, or abstracted variation for the major the 1947 painting of Mrs Fraser, a theme Nolan would return to in the 1960s and 70s. ‘A female figure representing a certain Mrs Fraser … has the …

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  • Bird on a lamp post

    # 48448

    BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

    Bird on a lamp post

    Watercolour on card, 158 x 208 mm, verso blank, unsigned. An original artwork by Blackman of a bird on a lamp post, the red roof of a warehouse in the lower portion.   Provenance: The estate of the late Barbara Blackman The estate of the late Felicity St. John Moore (1933-2025), art historian, curator and …

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  • The cat's plant

    # 50184

    BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

    The cat’s plant

    Etching and aquatint, 20 x 15 cm (plate line); 60 x 41 cm (sheet), not titled or editioned (artist’s proof, the published edition was an edition of 30 copies), signed with Blackman studio stamp lower right, a few light spots of foxing, unframed. Provenance: The estate of the late Barbara Blackman (1928 – 2024) The …

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  • "Shanghae Flowers" (painted 1845 - 1847)

    # 49132

    WHITE, Mary

    “Shanghae Flowers” (painted 1845 – 1847)

    Album, 295 x 240 x 75 mm, thick embossed morocco bound boards, brass clasp, small bookseller’s label from Kensington, London to pastedown, later family inscriptions to endpaper, calligraphic title leaf in red and blue, heightened in gold ‘Shanghae Flowers. Presented to James White by his wife on his Birthday April X 1868’, two page manuscript …

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  • The world

    # 20851

    THOMPSON, Henry Augustus

    The world

    [England] : Henry Augustus Thompson, 1853. Manuscript and watercolour map on card with the blindstamp of de la Rue Co, London, 450 x 570 mm (sheet), light surface soiling, old pin holes to corners, fine. A charming and unique manuscript map of the world in two hemispheres, with detailed decorative border vignettes and original hand colour. …

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  • The world

    # 20853

    THOMPSON, Henry Augustus

    The world

    [England] : Henry A[ugustus] Thompson, December 7th 1855. Manuscript and watercolour map on card with the blindstamp of de la Rue Co, London, 450 x 570 mm (sheet), light surface soiling, old pin holes to corners, fine. A charming and unique manuscript map of the world on Mercator’s projection, with detailed decorative border and original hand …

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  • Study in blue #2

    # 50049

    JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

    Study in blue #2

    Paper strips on paper, painted a vivid cobalt blue, 38 x 27.5 cms (image), presented in a floating mount in a natural timber frame measuring 48.5 x 37.5 cms. Unsigned as issued. Provenance : the estate of the late Robert Jacks, acquired circa 2020.  

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  • Study in blue #1

    # 50048

    JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

    Study in blue #1

    Paper strips on paper, painted a vivid cobalt blue, 38 x 27.5 cms (image), presented in a floating mount in a natural timber frame measuring 48.5 x 37.5 cms. Unsigned as issued. Provenance : the estate of the late Robert Jacks, acquired circa 2020.  

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  • Study in blue #5

    # 50052

    JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

    Study in blue #5

    Paper strips on paper, painted a vivid cobalt blue, 38 x 27.5 cms (image), presented in a floating mount in a natural timber frame measuring 48.5 x 37.5 cms. Unsigned as issued. Provenance : the estate of the late Robert Jacks, acquired circa 2020.  

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  • Study in blue #4

    # 50051

    JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

    Study in blue #4

    Paper strips on paper, painted a vivid cobalt blue, 38 x 27.5 cms (image), presented in a floating mount in a natural timber frame measuring 48.5 x 37.5 cms. Unsigned as issued. Provenance : the estate of the late Robert Jacks, acquired circa 2020.  

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  • Study in blue #3

    # 50050

    JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

    Study in blue #3

    Paper strips on paper, painted a vivid cobalt blue, 38 x 27.5 cms (image), presented in a floating mount in a natural timber frame measuring 48.5 x 37.5 cms. Unsigned as issued. Provenance : the estate of the late Robert Jacks, acquired circa 2020.  

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  • [MELBOURNE] Besses Banquet, Vienna Café, 20 July 1911.

    # 14719

    [VIENNA CAFE]

    [MELBOURNE] Besses Banquet, Vienna Café, 20 July 1911.

    Pen-and-ink illustration and calligraphy with onlaid silver gelatin photograph, on thin card, 420 x 200 mm (sheet); a few light marks to the upper margins, otherwise fine condition. A significant piece of ephemera from one of Melbourne’s most famous dining establishments of the 1890s and early 1900s, the Vienna Café, which occupied the grand premises …

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  • An original hand-painted woman's shirt, 1984

    # 49371

    NORRIE, Susan (1953 - )

    An original hand-painted woman’s shirt, 1984

    Woman’s t-shirt, 60 x 40 cm (approx), entirely hand-painted by the artist. One of a series of painted shirts executed by the artist in the early 1980s. Provenance: Stephen Mori Gallery, acquired 1984 private collection Sydney Rare Book Auctions, 12/14/2025, lot 27

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  • Teeming with Life. John Olsen: His complete graphics 1957 – 2005 (Publisher’s edition with drawing)

    # 9915

    [OLSEN, John]. McGREGOR, Ken

    Teeming with Life. John Olsen: His complete graphics 1957 – 2005 (Publisher’s edition with drawing)

    By Ken McGregor in consultation with John Olsen and Jeffrey Makin. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2005. Quarto, silver decorated cloth in matching slipcase, 264 pp, illustrated throughout. First edition, first printing of the definitive catalogue raisonné of Olsen’s graphics. This is the Publisher’s Edition, limited to 20 copies (numbered in two series of 10 copies: this …

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