Paintings & Drawings

# 44056

SWAINSON, William (1789-1855)

Morton [sic] Bay Figtree. Illawarra, 3 June 1852.

[Title from artist’s caption]. Graphite on paper, 220 x 155 mm, captioned by the artist in pencil l.r. ‘Morton [sic] Bay Figtree’, and with date and general location l.l. ‘3 June 1852 / Illawarra’; laid down on card and tipped onto a fully contemporary backing sheet, 300 x 240 mm; the work has a vertical …

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# 44054

SWAINSON, William (1789-1855)

Silver Bank Gum Tree, ab[out] 300 f. high. (a study). Kangaroo Hollow, Tasmania. 1 February 1854.

[Title from artist’s caption]. Graphite on paper, 200 x 140 mm, initialed in pencil l.l. ‘W. S.’, with general location and date below ‘Tasmania 1 Feb 1854’; captioned in pencil l.r. ‘Silver Bank Gum Tree ab[out] 300 f. high. Kangaroo Hollow. (A study)’; artist’s numbering in pencil ‘209’; laid down on card and tipped onto …

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# 35336

RONJAT, Étienne Antoine Eugène, 1822-1912 (artist)

Reception of the foreign ministers by the Chinese Emperor, June 29 1873.

This Emperor, Toong Chir, died last winter of smallpox at the age of twenty. [Title from the inscription verso]. [U.S.A.? France? : s.n., probably 1875]. Albumen print photograph of a drawing by French artist Etienne Ronjat (after a Chinese painting), carte de visite format, 61 x 102 mm; verso with contemporary inscription in ink; both the print …

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# 43550

[MacNAUGHTON FAMILY]

Album with original humorous and satirical drawings and sketches by members of a talented Scottish family, circa 1900.

Square octavo (180 x 145 mm), original grey cloth over boards (minor staining), the front board embroidered in blue thread ‘Album’; front pastedown with small ownership label of C. J. MacNaughton; containing approx. [30] pages with original drawings by three competent amateur artists, mainly in pen and ink but some in watercolour or pencil, which …

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# 45114

ROBINSON, Catharine

[MAP OF MATRIMONY; AUSTRALIAN NATIVE BIRDS] A late Georgian-era album amicorum belonging to a London lady, with original drawings and poetry dating from 1832 to 1860.

Quarto (245 x 200 mm), original luxurious binding of full leather elaborately embossed, both boards featuring a central cartouche with a depiction of the Roman goddess Luna in her chariot and holding torch, the spine with the word ‘ALBUM’ in gilt at the head; gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, original endpapers; pictorial title leaf engraved …

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# 45516

RUSSELL-CLARKE, Peter (1935 - )

Australian landscape

Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 mm, shadowbox frame. Inscribed ‘For Doug / Peter Russell-Clarke’. Painted circa 2005. A miniature landscape painting by the celebrity chef, artist and author Peter Russell-Clarke. Provenance: Acquired at the artist’s solo exhibition at Delshan Art Gallery, Melbourne, circa 2006, signed and inscribed at the exhibition.

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# 45328

COUDERC, Fernand

Déclaration

Watercolour on paper, signed lower right ‘FERNAND COUDERC’, 230 x 250 mm; artist’s caption in pencil to lower margin: ‘-Que faites-vous donc, ami? / – Je fais comme l’automne: je déshabille la belle nature!’ (‘What are young doing, my friend?’ ‘I’m doing what autumn does: I’m undressing beautiful nature!’); an editor’s annotation in pencil at …

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# 22217

KOONS, Jeff (1955 - )

Balloon dog (yellow)

Limoges : Bernardaud, 2015. Edition of 2300 copies. Porcelain multiple, 10 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ x 5″ (26.7 x 26.7 x 12.7 cm), signed and numbered by the artist, in original mailing carton with signed certificate of authenticity by Jeff Koons. “Balloon Dog is an iconic work within the highly acclaimed Celebration series, which Jeff Koons …

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# 45280

JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

Circle of the Moon 1959

Painted in Melbourne, 1959. Oil on plywood, 400 x 500 mm, signed and dated verso, framed. An exceptional early work by Robert Jacks, with unbroken provenance, exhibited at his retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria in 2014 and illustrated in both of the artist’s monographs. As quoted in his 2001 monograph, ‘This painting, with …

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# 44070

JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

Guitar

Painted in Harcourt, circa 1990s. Oil on canvas, 352 x 250 mm, signed verso. A fine oil painting by the great Australian abstract artist Robert Jacks, sourced directly from the artist’s estate. In 2014 the National Gallery of Victoria staged a major retrospective of the artist’s oeuvre. ‘This exhibition represents the first large-scale retrospective of …

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# 44073

JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

Sculptural form 2001

Painted in Harcourt. Oil on canvas, 610 x 610 mm, signed and dated verso. A fine oil painting by the great Australian abstract artist Robert Jacks, sourced directly from the artist’s estate. In 2014 the National Gallery of Victoria staged a major retrospective of the artist’s oeuvre. ‘This exhibition represents the first large-scale retrospective of …

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# 44068

JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

Abstract composition

Painted in Harcourt, circa 1990s. Oil on canvas, 505 x 505 mm, signed verso. A fine oil painting by the great Australian abstract artist Robert Jacks, sourced directly from the artist’s estate. In 2014 the National Gallery of Victoria staged a major retrospective of the artist’s oeuvre. ‘This exhibition represents the first large-scale retrospective of …

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# 44074

JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

Flamenco 2001

Painted in Harcourt. Oil on canvas, 610 x 610 mm, signed and dated verso. A fine oil painting by the great Australian abstract artist Robert Jacks, sourced directly from the artist’s estate. In 2014 the National Gallery of Victoria staged a major retrospective of the artist’s oeuvre. ‘This exhibition represents the first large-scale retrospective of …

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# 44071

JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

Abstract with guitar 2003

Painted in Harcourt. Oil on canvas, 610 x 460 mm, signed and dated verso. A fine oil painting by the great Australian abstract artist Robert Jacks, sourced directly from the artist’s estate. In 2014 the National Gallery of Victoria staged a major retrospective of the artist’s oeuvre. ‘This exhibition represents the first large-scale retrospective of …

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# 44069

JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

Spanish group 1996

Painted in Harcourt. Oil on canvas, 710 x 710 mm, signed, titled and dated verso. A fine oil painting by the great Australian abstract artist Robert Jacks, sourced directly from the artist’s estate. In 2014 the National Gallery of Victoria staged a major retrospective of the artist’s oeuvre. ‘This exhibition represents the first large-scale retrospective …

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# 43629

SOUTH CANTERBURY COUNCIL; CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART (TIMARU)

Unique album presented to the Duke and Duchess of York by the citizens of South Canterbury, New Zealand, during the royal visit in March 1927: with an illuminated address and original watercolours.

Large square quarto, 310 x 280 mm, purple suede over bevelled boards (virtually unrubbed), front board with gilt-tooled decoration and lettering ‘South Canterbury, New Zealand, 16th March 1927’, lower board also decorated in gilt; all edges gilt; silk endpapers; [14] leaves of white card, the first [6] containing an elaborate illuminated address headed ‘To Your …

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