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Art — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
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| Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd. | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Art
- Prints - Posters (803)
- Watercolours, Other Works on Paper (185)
- Zother (24)
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| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Thylacine, chromolithograph plate XXIV from the 1896 publication 'A Hand-Book To The Marsupialia and Monotremata' by E. Lloyd, [London]. 12 x 18.5 cm, 23 x 30 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960), I.) Nuit de Neigre: Coree, II.) Le Bonze Errant Coree, III.) Le Bossu Otaru, Hokkaido, IV.) Hokkan-Zan. Coree, woodblock prints, signed and titled in plate, each 15 x 10 cm, 28 x 23 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Nikolaos Ximonas (1866-1929), farmyard scene with chickens, oil on canvas, signed lower left, Ximonas, 41 x 30 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Harry Rogers (1929 - 2012), Pacific Islands, Qantas, Australia's round - the - world Airline, colour lithograph, circa 1960, with additional text 'In Association with B.O.A.C. Teal and S.A.A.', printed by posters Pty Ltd. 50 x 36.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | World War II Anglo-Soviet propaganda poster, 'Maneater', artwork showing Adolf Hitler portrayed as a wild beast gnawing on human bones, printed by Stafford & Co., Nottingham, size 51 x 77 cm. Condition A- | *** |  |
| *** | Poster: 1930 Pneus Auto Dunlop cord 120 x 160 cm, published by Albert Pickard, Paris, laid down on canvas. + | *** |  |
| *** | TAA travel poster 'Fly TAA the Friendly Way. Tasmania', showing port Arthur, colour process lithograph, size 60 x 96 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'The New Disorder', artist Will Mahony (Australian, 1905-1989), original artwork in pen & ink with pencil & white highlight, captions within image, signed in ink lower right & titled in pencil below image, typed title on a slip of newsprint & stamp verso.… | *** |  |
| *** | Brett Whiteley (1939-1992). 2nd Hozumi Momota Art Award And Japanese Australian Festival 1980 screenprint, monogrammed initials stamped in image upper right, 76 x 50 cm. Linen-backed. 'Oct 6-13. Sydney Square.' Illustrated in Brett Whiteley: The Graphics… | *** |  |
| *** | Chas Shiers, (active 1920s-30s), Buy Australian Apples, An Empire's Heath Appeal, c1930s Colour lithograph, Linen-backed, 75 x 25 cm, Shiers' work can also be found promoting South African oranges and apples from New Zealand. | *** |  |
| *** | Charles Billich (1934 - ), I.) untitled nudes, II.) untitled nudes, mixed media on canvas, both signed "Billich", 105 x 120 cm each, the larger 120 x 134 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Australia: A nice range including Kerry types, J.A. Turners, Queensland Intelligence & Tourist Bureau types, Perth street scenes by Bon Marche Stores, several bullock teams, a Magnetic Island Rp, shipping, mining, Rose types, a few N.Z., etc. Mixed… | *** |  |
| *** | Tooth & Co. Poster: 'Auld Jock' Finest old Scotch Whisky poster, circa 1910 in period frame, overall 70 x 58 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Maull & Co. (London, active 1865 - 1880), an overpainted albumen paper print portrait of Major-General William Wylde, circa 1865, oil on albumen print, 20 x 15 cm, in the original gilt brass mat and ornate gilt moulded plaster frame, housed in the… | *** |  |
| *** | Alex Gurney (1902-1955) 'Bluey & Curley' original artwork rendered in watercolour, inscribed 'With Bluey & Curley's best wishes', signed lower right 'Gurney', 23 x 26 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'The Melbourne Centennial exhibition, 1888' (supplement to the Australasian), antique colour lithograph, printed by Troedel & Co. Of Melbourne. 56 x 86 cm, 77 x 109 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960), I.) Le Tresor (Coree), II.) Souvenirs d'Autrefois Japon, III.) Decembre. Japon, IV.) Fleurs Du Soir (Truck), woodblock prints, signed and titled in plate, each 15 x 10 cm, 28 x 23 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960), I.) Orchidees Blanches. Jaiuit, II.) La Cruche: Mongolie, III.) (Japanese lady), IV.) (the parrot), woodblock prints, signed and titled in plate, each 15 x 10 cm, 28 x 23 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Cover Artwork For 'Digest of Digests' Magazine: image for February edition showing humorous Australian beach scene, 52 x 37 cm, on board, c.1950s. | *** |  |
| *** | Travel poster, 'Shaw Savill Lines, the Flag That Circles the World', artwork by E.Waters, colour lithograph, printed in England, linen-backed, size 63 x 101 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Travel poster, 'Australia, Orient Line', colour process lithograph, linen-backed, 64 x 101 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Eric Thake (1904-1982, Australian), 'Tuft hunter', linocut, signed and dated (1951), in lower right margin, 14.5 x 2 0.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Jason Frost (1954- Australian) 'Evening Calm', watercolour, signed, framed and glazed. 24 x 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Colour lithograph, 1963 travel poster for 'Enjoy Picturesque Tasmania, See more..., See It with Pioneer' | *** |  |
| *** | Offset colour lithograph travel poster for 'System of the golden Jets, Leading Australia into the jet Age, Ansett-ANA Boeing 727 fan Jets' | *** |  |
| *** | 1965 travel poster, 'Hayman Island's, Carousel 65, a new Merry-Go-round of holiday Fun!!!', colour offset, published by Ansett-ANA, size 62 x 91 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 1967 colour offset printed travel poster for 'Tour Australia, with Parlorcars' | *** |  |
| *** | C1980s travel poster 'Race Meeting. Hartz Range - Near Alice Springs, Central Australia. Ansett Airlines of Australia', colour process lithograph, linen-backed, size 98 x 73 cm | *** |  |
| *** | John Shirlow (1869-1936, Australian): 'Flinders Lane, 1919', etching, numbered 37 in pencil in upper margin, signed and dated in plate upper left, signed in pencil in lower margin, size 11 x 27 cm. Minor foxing and soiling to margins. Window mounted,… | *** |  |
| *** | John Shirlow (1869-1936, Australian): 'Melbourne from the West, 1919', etching, numbered 37 in pencil in upper margin, signed and dated in plate upper left, signed in pencil in lower margin, size 22 x 17 cm. Slight foxing overall. Window mounted, overall… | *** |  |
| *** | John Shirlow (1869-1936, Australian): 'The Auditorium, Collins Street, 1919', etching, numbered 37 in pencil in upper margin, signed and dated in plate lower centre, signed in pencil in lower margin, size 13 x 23 cm. Light stains overall. Window mounted,… | *** |  |
| *** | 1933 London Transport poster, 'London's Leisure Hours. Study The Artist's Masterpieces, Picture Galleries Are Open Daily, Travel By Underground', artwork by Austin Cooper (1890-1964), lithograph in colours, printed by The Baynard Press, linenbacked, size… | *** |  |
| *** | 1933 London Transport poster, 'Says Santa C. 'It seems to me, That now I'm London bound, I must park the sledge on the outside edge, And travel Underground', artwork by Frederick Charles Herrick (1887-1970), lithograph in colours, printed by The Baynard… | *** |  |
| *** | 1934 London Transport poster, 'To the Cinemas, By London Transport', artwork by Cecil Walter Bacon (1905-), showing map of cinemas in London, lithograph in colours, printed by the Dangerfield Printing Co.Ltd, linen-backed, size 63 x 101 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913-2006), Balinese girl, chromolithograph, signed in print upper right, 60 x 50 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'Haig. He Kept His Pledge, You Buy Peace Bonds', artwork E.B. Studios (Australian, 1910s-1920s), colour lithographic poster, backed on linen. Condition: B-. 74.5 x 49 cm. Field Marshall Douglas Haig (1861-1928), son of John Haig of the whisky company, was… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Prisoner of War! Did Your Careless Chatter Put Him There!', artwork by Ralph M. Warner (Australian, 1902-1966), colour process lithographic poster, signed in image centre right, backed on linen. Condition: C. 51 x 38 cm. Text continues 'Issued by Hq Vic.… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Smoking Here Is Sabotage!', artist Tom McCowann, colour lithograph poster, signed in image lower right, backed on linen. Condition: A-. 61 x 48 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'Two Sides of An Exciting Life. The Regular Army', colour screen print poster, backed on linen. Condition: B. 50 x 62 cm. Text continues 'Ahq Adv. Prod C 188' | *** |  |
| *** | 'POLICE BASHING - SHOW THE COPS THAT WE WON'T TAKE THIS SHIT ANYMORE', 1985 poster. Screenprint on paper, 51 x 75.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, 1888' Supplement To The Australasian', August 4, 1888 printed by Trodel & Co. Melbourne housed in original Australian cedar frame 60 x 100 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Andrew Wellman (1966 -), When I'm 64, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 144 x 144 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Hermannsburg school hand-painted porcelain plate, circa 1950s, 25 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | Francis Prout Mahony (1862 - 1916), Abercorn, oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated '1894' lower left, 60 x 75 cm. Framed, with descriptive plate below (overall 76 x 91 cm). Abercorn, by Chester-Cinnamon, won the A.J.C. Derby, the Randwick Plate, the V… | *** |  |
| *** | Edwin Woodhouse (1858 - 1922, 5th son of Frederick Woodhouse), (In the Stable), oil on canvas, signed and dated '1899' lower left, 70 x 91 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Joseph Banks - as President of the Royal Society: oval stipple engraving by Joseph Collyer (1748-1827), painted by John Russell RA (1745-1806), early 19th century, original frame, overall 13.5 x 12 cm., Sir Joseph Banks naturalist, botanist and patron… | *** |  |
| *** | Robert Fried 'Orange Groove Dance Concert' Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, 1968 [Mammoth Productions, Hollywood] 74 x 58.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Albert Charpentier (1856 - 1909), (French mountain village), oil on board, signed lower right 'A. Charpentier', 21 x 26 cm, 37 x 43 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | [A Timely Reminder], Save the Children. Diptheria Immunization, c1940 colour lithograph, 75 x 49 cm. Linen-backed. Text includes 'Diphtheria caused 50,000 cases and 2000 deaths, in New South Wales in the ten years 1929-1938. Those who died, were nearly… | *** |  |
| *** | Avoid Disease. Be Clean. Starve Rats, Late 1940's colour lithograph, 46 x 61 cm. Text continues 'Issued by the Department of Health, Victoria. By Authority the Hon. W.P. Barry, Mla, Minister for Health.', William Peter Barry was Minister for Health in… | *** |  |
| *** | Martin Sharp (1942 - 2013), Sideshow in Burlesco (Nimrod), Screen-printed poster, editioned 241/1000 lower left, dated 2.12.82 centre; signed lower right, framed & glazed, overall 108 x 46 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Stanley Anderson (1884-1966), The National Gallery, engraving, signed and titled in the lower margin, 24 x 29 cm, 45 x 49 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913 - 2006), Miss Wong, chromolithograph, 57 x 68 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Thomas Sidney Cooper, groups of cattle, drawn from nature, [London : Ackermann & Co.], 1839 first edition. Elephant folio, handsomely bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards with five raised bands to the spine, compartments decorated in… | *** |  |
| *** | Jean Boichard, Cirque D'Hiver, lithograph in colour, laid down on linen, signed in the plate lower right, c.1890, 91 x 124 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | [Circus Poster], Candido Aragonez de Faria (1849-1911), La Centauresse Blanche Allarty : Hippodrome Bostock, Printer: Affiches Faria, Paris, 80 x 60 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | C1953 BOAC and Qantas travel poster showing cricketer 'Australia, Fly, There By B.O.A.C and Qantas', printed in great Britain, colour process lithograph, size 51 x 76 cm. Condition A | *** |  |
| *** | World War II Anglo-Soviet propaganda poster, 'Pictorial Presentation of the True Aryan. According to Fascist Race Theory the Genuine Aryan Must Be Blond Like Hitler, Slim Like Goring, Beautiful Like Goebbels', artwork showing caricatures of Hitler,… | *** |  |
| *** | Poster: 1930 Raydo fur Sicheres Bremsen 99 x 69 cm, artwork by Lubatti, laid down on canvas | *** |  |
| *** | C1980s travel poster 'British Airways Concorde', printed in England by Ial, colour process lithograph, linen-backed, size 64 x 101 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'Air Crews Wanted Now! Wanted Immediately For the R.A.A.F' colour process lithograph poster, backed on linen. Condition: C+. 74 x 49 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Montefiore, Eliezer Levi [1820-1894]. 'Environs di Sydney, N.S.W.', c.1870s. Signed and titled in the plate at base, 16 x 23.8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Olympics Movie poster: 'Jeux Olympiques Mexico, Le Film Officiel Des XIXe Jeux Olympiques', for the documentary film of the 1968 Olympics, released by Alberto Isaac, printed by Columbia Films in Paris, colour process lithograph, linen backed, size 58 x 79… | *** |  |
| *** | Raff'le Mainella (Italian, 1858-1907): 'Venezie in Lagona' drawing-watercolour on watercolour paper heightened with white/tempra, signed lower right, image size 44 x 24 cm, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 62 x 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Makybe Diva: painting 'Makybe Diva', by Ulfa Yulaifah, oil on canvas, signed by the artist and dated '06' at lower right, framed, overall 128 x 190 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Qantas travel posters - 'Qantas Airways, New Caledonia '; 'Qantas Airways, Vienna'; 'Qantas Airways, Amsterdam'; 'Qantas Airways, Germany'; 'Qantas Airways, Philippines'; 'Qantas Airways, Fiji'; 'Qantas Airways, San Francisco'; 'Qantas Airways, Tahiti';… | *** |  |
| *** | 1956 Olympics poster: rare official poster for the rowing at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, 'Olympic Games/ (Olympic rings)/ 1956/ Rowing/ Canoeing/ Ballaarat/ 23 Nov.-1 Dec.', artwork by Robinson, designed and printed by Kenneth Palmer Studios,… | *** |  |
| *** | Roy Leitch (Australian): 'The Nile Above Assuan', watercolour, signed lower right, image size 71 x 39 cm, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 96 x 65 cm | *** |  |
| *** | C1970s travel poster 'Qantas 'Fare Deal'. Now Everyone can travel Overseas Using These great Value low Fares', with fares to Amsterdam, Rome, Frankfurt, Athens, London, Belgrade, Warsaw or Vienna, colour process lithograph, linen-backed, size 63 x 100 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'Time Mine', artist Will Mahony (Australian, 1905-1989), original artwork in ink with white gouache and pencil, captions within image, signed in ink lower left and titled in pencil below image, handstamped verso reading '18 Jul., 1941. Used, Daily… | *** |  |
| *** | William Joshua Smith Oil painting on masonite board of Melbourne skyline looking across the Yarra at Prince's Bridge towards Flinders St. Station & St. Pauls. Artists name verso. 48 x 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'WOMEN'S PEACE CAMP - PINE GAP NOV 11TH', 1983 poster designed and printed by Jillposters Collective, a women's screen-printing collective in Melbourne that was active from 1983 to 1988. Screenprint on paper, 45 x 64.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'Grant's Cherry Whisky' colour lithographic advertisement on tinplate, by Wedekind & Co., London; circa 1900, 32 x 25 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to the Hills by train, c1930s, Process lithograph, 101 x 64 cm. Text at base reads: 'VR (Victorian Railways), Poster No. 236. Take a Kodak Camera' | *** |  |
| *** | Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to the Cinema by train, c1930s, Process lithograph, 101 x 64 cm. Text at base reads: 'VR (Victorian Railways), Poster No. 239. P.C. Grosser Litho, Melbourne.' | *** |  |
| *** | Victorian Railways Travel Poster Come to the Beach by train, c1930s, Process lithograph, 101 x 64 cm. Text at base reads: 'VR (Victorian Railways), Poster No. 240. P.C. Grosser Litho, Melbourne.' | *** |  |
| *** | Artist unknown (French circa 1873), Orientalist Scene, oil on board, signed, inscribed and dated upper right, 37 x 27 cm | *** |  |
| *** | William Henry Barribal (1874-1952), portrait of a lady in green, watercolour, signed lower right, 49 x 39 cm, 62 x 52 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Gilbert & Sullivan Come to Williamstown, Iolanthe' Melbourne Amateur Opera Club, 1892 Letterpress, 58 x 30 cm. Linen-backed. Text continues 'Will give their fourth performance of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan's fairy opera?, at the Mechanics' Institute,… | *** |  |
| *** | Victor Moscoso, Concert Poster Original poster for a Blues Project Concert. San Francisco, Matrix, Fillmore, San Francisco 1967. Part of the Neon Rose poster series. This is the rare 'negative' first edition. Performers included the Grateful Dead. | *** |  |
| *** | After Edwin Sandseer (British), portrait of a dog, oil on canvas, 42 x 60 cm, 65 x 83 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | A. Vincent, Notre Dame du Paris, watercolour, signed lower left "A. Vincent", with title and inventory No.285 verso, 49 x 63 cm, 63 x 78 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Chris white (Australia), early morning Walwa, oil on canvas, signed lower right "Chris white, '16", 76 x 101 cm, 100 x 124 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Toni Robertson, (Australian, b.1953). International Women's Day, 1978 colour screenprint, 'Earthworks Poster Collective' logo in image lower right, 50 x 75 cm. Linen-backed. Text continues 'March on March 11th. Assemble Town Hall 10am. Food, concert &… | *** |  |
| *** | Martin Sharp, (Australian, 1942 - 2013), [Sydney Opera House], 1983 colour screenprint, initialled 'S' in image lower right, signed and dated '5.4.92' in ink on image lower centre, 100 x 74 cm. Linen-backed. The poster is a text-free version of the 1983… | *** |  |
| *** | After the Dismissal of Whitlam, Michael Callaghan, (Australian, 1952-2012). Give Frazer the razor, 1977 colour screenprint, 76 x 56 cm. Text continues 'Cutback the ruling class. Fight for a worker's economy.', the poster was produced at Earthworks poster… | *** |  |
| *** | G. Rowe (British), Thames near Somerset house, watercolour, artist details and title verso, 14 x 19 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Frederick James Aldridge (1850 - 1933), Squally weather, Shoreham harbour, watercolour, circa 1910, signed lower right, 37 x 54 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Frederick James Aldridge (1850 - 1933), Off Portsmouth harbour, watercolour, signed lower right, 16 x 37 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | John Heaviside Clark (British, 1771-1863), the Repose, hand coloured engraving from the series 'Field sports of the native Inhabitants of New South Wales', c.1813, 21 x 26 cm, 37 x 41 cm overall. | *** |  |
| *** | Warner Bros signed animation cel 'Chorus Line', 1990, signed by Friz Freleng lower right, framed & glazed, overall 53 x 77 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Frank Shepard Fairey (b.1970), make Art Not War, offset lithograph, signed and dated in pencil below image, overall 91 x 61 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | 1930s stunning travel poster 'Egypt. Premier Winter Rendez-Vous', artwork by Roger Breval, printed by Misr-Sokkar Works, Cairo, Egypt, colour lithograph, linen-backed, 65 x 100 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 1968 travel poster, 'Australia Air-India', showing sheep knitting vest, colour process lithograph, printed in India by Bombay fine Art Offset and litho Works, linen-backed, size 64 x 100 cm | *** |  |
| *** | C1930s advertising poster/showcard 'Foster's Lager', artwork by James Northfield, printed by Sands and McDougall Offset Printers, Melbourne, mounted on card, with two string holes at top, size 37 x 49 cm. Condition B. (illustrated in 'James Northfield,… | *** |  |
| *** | 'When Furnishing Remember We Accept War Gratuity Bonds', c.1915 colour lithograph poster, backed on linen. Condition: B. 102 x 76 cm. Text includes 'Richmond Furnishing Co. Pty Ltd, Under authority from the Secretary to the Treasurer. F.W. Niven & Co.,… | *** |  |