Paintings & Drawings
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# 49016
BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)
Jack’s beanstalk (1977)
Etching with aquatint, 20 x 15 cm (plate line); 39.5 x 32.5 cm (sheet), titled lower centre, edition A/P (artist’s proof, the published edition was 30 copies), signed by Blackman lower right, very pale foxing, unframed. A fine Blackman etching. Collections : National Gallery of Australia, purchased in 1979 Provenance: The estate of the late …
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# 48444
BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)
The White Cat c. 1980
Acrylic on card, 158 x 208 mm, verso blank, unsigned. An original artwork by Blackman from his White Cat series, most likely a preliminary sketch. Provenance: The estate of the late Barbara Blackman The estate of the late Felicity St. John Moore (1933-2025), art historian, curator and authority on the celebrated Australian artist Charles …
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# 49015
BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)
The cat’s tale
Etching, 14.5 x 14.5 cm (plate line, circular); 22 x 30 cm (sheet), not titled or editioned (the published edition was 30 copies), signed with Blackman studio stamp lower centre, unframed. A fine Blackman etching printed in colour. Provenance: The estate of the late Barbara Blackman (1928 – 2024) The estate of the late Felicity …
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# 42922
Henry BONE, ARA (1755-1834), after Sir William Beechey, RA (1753-1839)
Portrait miniature of Robert, Lord Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816).
Enamel on copper, image 75 x 60 mm (oval format); inscribed, signed and dated on the counter-enamel verso: ‘The Rt. Honble. The Earl of Buckinghamshire. Painted by Henry Bone ARA. Enamel Painter to HRH the Prince of Wales. Jany 1806’; some traces of surface dirt to the sitter’s face and hair, and some very minor …
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# 47491
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Public school, Werris Creek, Mt. Terrible in the distance.
[Title from manuscript caption beneath image]. Oil painting on semi-opaque celluloid sheet with embossed geometric border, 47 x 80 mm (image), 76 x 111 mm (sheet); recto captioned by the artist beneath the image ‘Public school, Werris Creek, Mt. Terrible in the distance’; verso inscribed in the same hand ‘To Dear Rosa from H, Many …
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# 48449
BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)
Face of a woman c. 1980
Acrylic on black card, 204 x 154 mm, verso blank, unsigned. An original artwork by Blackman of a woman painted with white paint, most likely a preliminary sketch. Provenance: The estate of the late Barbara Blackman The estate of the late Felicity St. John Moore (1933-2025), art historian, curator and authority on the celebrated …
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# 48447
BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)
Nude woman bent over circa 1950s
Pen and ink on paper, 255 x 205 mm (sheet), old folds, a few spots of foxing, unsigned. An original drawing by Charles Blackman, possibly of Barbara Blackman. Provenance: The estate of the late Barbara Blackman The estate of the late Felicity St. John Moore (1933-2025), art historian, curator and authority on the celebrated …
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# 48445
BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)
Man in landscape 1955
Pencil on tracing paper, 250 x 205 mm (sheet) mm, signed with initials and dated lower left ‘CB . 55’, a few spots of foxing and old creases. An original signed drawing by Charles Blackman of a man in a landscape, probably from his Mt Tambourine series, Queensland, 1955. Provenance: The estate of the …
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# 45783
WOLRAB, Johann Jacob (1675-1746)
An early eighteenth-century German perpetual calendar.
Nürnberg : Johann Jacob Wolrab, [circa 1720]. Original wooden box, 270 x 105 x 40 mm, with two compartments containing removable cards: 6 double-sided cards for the months and 16 smaller double-sided cards for the days; each card is engraved and hand-coloured, but the larger cards also have hand-painted gouache decorations illustrating the months and …
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# 37295
SAINSON, Louis-Auguste de (1800-1874)
The artist and companions from the Astrolabe in the rainforest at Carteret Harbour, New Ireland (1827).
Watercolour and ink on paper, 398 x 287 mm (entire sheet); contemporary inscription in ink to verso: 80. Vue du grand torrent et d’une forêt / Hâvre Carteret; the artist’s own re-worked section (80 x 110 mm, irregular) carefully pasted on at lower left; short closed tear at right edge; extremely well preserved. A very early depiction of …
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# 47574
ADAMS, Tate (1922 - 2018)
An original signed lithograph by Tate Adams
Lithograph on paper, 110 x 160 (image), 345 x 525 mm (sheet), signed and inscribed lower centre ‘Tate Adams A/P for Jenny, 2002’. Tate Adams was born in Ireland in 1928 and studied at the Central School of Arts in London. He moved to Australia in 1951 and had a long career as a successful …
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# 47575
GREEN, Denise (1946 - )
Untitled gouache painting circa 2005
Gouache on card, 277 x 655 mm, signed lower right, inscribed lower left ‘For Jenny, it has been a pleasure to work with you. I can’t thank you enough for your involvement’. An original artwork gifted by the artist in thanks for the publisher’s work on her book. ‘Denise Green develops an original approach to …
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# 47572
ZIMMER, Klaus (1928 - 2007)
It’s all in the family!
Original pen and ink drawing, 242 x 308 mm (sheet), titled and dated lower right. A whimsical and humorous drawing by the artist. With a Berlin Diploma of Graphic Art, a successful audition for the Berlin Staatsoper and extensive adventures in the South Seas Islands, Klaus Zimmer arrived in Australia in the 1950s. After working …
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# 47545
JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)
Thinking of Picasso 1987
[Melbourne : the artist], 1987. Artist’s sketchbook, rivet bound cloth covered boards, 180 x 278 mm, inscribed by the artist with title inside upper board, 27 leaves of sketching paper with drawings by Robert Jacks, most on both sides, of designs inspired by Picasso, including his cubist guitar images which were influential in Jacks’ work. …
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# 45770
LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)
Joy of Summer (c.1938)
Oil on canvas, 49 x 39 cm; signed upper left; framed (frame size 75 x 65 cm), with certificate of authenticity from Lindsay authority Lin Bloomfield verso.
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# 46683
BRIGHTWELL, L[eonard] R[obert] F.Z.S. (1889 - 1983)
Wild Friends at Home (original cover art)
Gouache on paper, measures 430 x 310mm, being the original painting illustrating the cover of E. Chivers Davies’ ‘Wild Friends at Home’ (London : 1920). In this volume a little boy enters the imaginary worlds of the wild animals whose pictures decorate the walls of his nursery. The fifteen short tales include his adventure with …