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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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| *** | Pierre van Der Aa (1659 - 1733), 'Scheeps-Togt door Ferdinand Magellaan uit Kastilien gedaan na R. De laPlata en van daar door zyn Ontdekte Straat tot aan de Moluccas', copper-plate engraving, Leiden, circa 1706, 22.5 x 34 cm; framed 45 x 55.5 cm overall. | *** |  |
| *** | Thomas Seymour (Britain, 1844-1904), Valley of the Ouse, oil on canvas, signed lower left 'Tom Seymour', 39 x 60 cm, 58 x 78 cm overall. Provenance: The Jason E. Sprague collection, Melbourne. | *** |  |
| *** | James Edwin Meadows (1828 - 1888), Off Dungeness, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1879 lower left, also titled and signed verso on stretcher, 20.5 x 40.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | 'Kanguroo' copper engraving from 'Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere' (1799-1808), by the Comte de Buffon and Charles Nicolas Sigisbert Sonnini. 15 x 11 cm, 24 x 20.5 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Alexander Zyn (Belarus, 1905-1995), small painting (2), oil on canvas, the Hanover gallery of London label verso, 41 x 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Lin Bloomfield, The Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay, [Sydney : Odana Editions & Josef Lebovic, 1998], Large 4to. 480pp. with numerous monochrome illustrations. Original full burgundy leather in publisher's slipcase. Limited signed de luxe edition of… | *** |  |
| *** | A.M. Watson (New Zealand), mount cook, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, a. M. Watson 1887, 75 x 133 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Joseph Eula (1925 - 2004), the Supremes, Lincoln Center, Philharmonic hall, Friday October 15, 1965, lithograph in colours, signed in the plate at lower left, 96 x 62 cm; framed (114.5 x 77.5 cm). | *** |  |
| *** | Malaria Eradication, Papua New Guinea board of Health twelve assorted posters, varying sizes, approximately 70 x 52 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Harry Rogers (1929 - 2012), Hong Kong, Qantas, Australia's round - the - world Airline, colour lithograph, circa 1960, printed by posters Pty Ltd. 50 x 36.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | 1934 Castrol poster 'Australian tourist trophy Races, to be held at Bathurst, 1934, Easter Saturday, 31st March', with pictures of 1933 winners, printed by Jno.Evans & Sons print in Sydney, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 64 x 89 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Ian Armstrong (1923-2005): Rare collection of home made cards with origial art work, linocuts (27), watercolours and gouache (14). All endorsed and signed by the artist. Melbourne born Armstrong studied at R.M.I.T. and the famous Bell School, was the… | *** |  |
| *** | 1916 Red Cross poster, 'Old Bills Made Like New! If You Help the Surrey Red Cross', artwork by Bruce Bairnsfather, printed by the Dangerfield Printing Co, London, size 43 x 56 cm. Minor peripheral faults, though lovely appearance | *** |  |
| *** | Neville Cayley (1853-1903), 'Kookaburra', watercolour, signed lower right and dated '1901', size, 10 x 15 cm, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall, 17 x 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Michael Leunig (born 1945): ‘Ace in the Sky’ Limited Edition 1/125; signed lower right in margin. Framed & glazed. Image 79 x 59 cm | *** |  |
| *** | C1930s advertising poster/showcard 'Ballarat Invalid Stout, Builds You Up', artwork by Carr, in tin/plastic frame, size 24 x 38 cm. Condition B. | *** |  |
| *** | Linen backed colour stone lithography Tottini the Magician poster, 'No Handcuff Or Shackle, Prison Cell Or Lock Can Hold Me', with an image of Torrini chained in a prison cell, printed by the National Poster Company, New York | *** |  |
| *** | 1972 Olympics Art series poster: 'Olympische Spiele Munchen 1972', artwork by Tom Wesselmann, colour process lithograph, size 64 x 102 cm, signed in the plate, limited edition of 4000 | *** |  |
| *** | Australia: 'Southern Hemisphere', hand-coloured engraved map, by William Faden, Geographer to the King and H.R.H, the Prince of Wales (London, 1802), with Australia named 'New Holland', shows Bass's Strait, though south coast of Australia from Western… | *** |  |
| *** | 1934 travel poster 'Victorian & Melbourne Centenary Celebrations, Australia. Season 1934-35', artwork by Percy Trompf, published by Australian National travel Association, printed by Troedel & Co, colour lithograph, overall 63 x 50 cm condition A | *** |  |
| *** | Keith Namatjira (1938-1977), watercolour titled 'Gum tree and Gorge', framed, mounted and glazed | *** |  |
| *** | Linen backed, colour lithograph travel poster 'For Friendly Topline service, Fly TAA' | *** |  |
| *** | Travel poster, 'New Zealand', with caption, 'Mitre Peak, Milford sound', produced by pictorial Publications Ltd, Hastings, colour process litho, linen-backed, size 50 x 75 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | 'Qantas, There's No Place Like Home.', c1970s travel poster, with cartoon of suburban life - boys playing football, man washing car with radio blaring 'Carn the Blues', colour process lithograph, linen-backed, size 94 x 62 cm | *** |  |
| *** | c1963 'Tahiti, Fly Teal' screen printed poster showing a nude female bather on green background, note that the same poster was used for Qantas, size 97 x 62 cm, condition A-. 'Tahiti Fly Teal', lithograph travel poster show woman peering through bamboo… | *** |  |
| *** | C1935 travel poster, 'The River Derwent - Tasmania, For Your Next Holiday', with artwork by James Northfield, colour process lithograph, printed by McLaren & Co., Melbourne, linen-backed, size 64 x 100 cm. Condition A. (illustrated on page 55 of 'James… | *** |  |
| *** | Admiral Fitzroy's barometer, comprising of mercury action stick barometer with twin vernier markers, alcohol thermometer and storm tube in oak case with lithograph background, mid19th century, 103 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Weg Artwork: Original artwork for Weg poster 'Boxing Day ‘98', signed in image by Weg, endorsed at top 'Rough 2', overall 51 x 76 cm | *** |  |
| *** | George Rathbone oil on board titled 'Clearing Mallee Scrub' oil on board, 100 x 50 cm, beautifully framed, 'Old House and Pioneer Artefacts near Daylesford Victoria', 60 x 32 cm framed, 'River Steamer carrying wool to Echuca', 57 x 55 cm framed. The… | *** |  |
| *** | Qantas travel poster, 'Sportsmen Fly Qantas, For Record Breaking Performance!', artwork by M.Schlesinger, printed by Posters Pty Ltd, linen-backed, 38 x 77 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980): Austrian born Expressionist; lithograph 'Exodus' (The Frogs-From Aristophanes), signed in pencil lower right margin. Framed, window mount & glazed. 30 x 24 cm Excellent condition | *** |  |
| *** | Sydney Harbour Bridge Proposed design in cross section, circa 1903 'Section of City from Town Hall to N. Sydney Grammar School shewing Relative Proportions To Bridge, scale 200 feet to one inch' panoramic coloured lithograph by W.A. Gullick, Government… | *** |  |
| *** | Neville William Cayley, Junior (1886-1950), (untitled wren and caterpillar with flannel flowers), watercolour and gouache, signed lower right 'Neville W. Cayley, '10', 41 x 17 cm, 52 x 28 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Neville William Cayley, Junior (1886-1950), (untitled fairy wren and boronia), watercolour and gouache, signed lower left 'Neville W. Cayley, '10', 41 x 17 cm, 52 x 28 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Marian Ellis (Ellis) Rowan (1848-1922), Laciopetalum ferrugineum. N. S. Wales, watercolor and gouache, signed 'Ellis Rowan' and titled verso, 15.5 cm diameter, 30 x 35 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Diego Velazquez (after) an older Philip IV of Spain, original painted in 1656, 19th century, oil on canvas, 64 x 54 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Nick Economo (1944 - ), (flowers), acrylic on board, signed lower right "Nick Economo, '04", 120 x 60 cm, 155 x 95 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Keming Shen, Hello Vincent, oil on canvas board, signed lower left "Keming", 59 x 38 cm, 76 x 56 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Hanna Barbera limited edition cel, theme park studio: Hanna Barbera medium: limited edition cel title: theme park year: 1992 characters: the Flintstones, the Jetsons, and other Hanna-Barbera characters, with certificate of authenticity. Original… | *** |  |
| *** | Artists Unknown (19th century, Dutch), six paintings, oil on tin, later gilt frames, 21 x 15 cm each | *** |  |
| *** | Hans Kruuse (Denmark, 1893-1964), ships of Copenhagen, oil on canvas, signed lower right H. Kruuse, Danish label verso, 68 x 107 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Maurice Menardeau (France, 1897-1977), chateau in landscape, oil on board, signed lower right 'Maurice Menardeau', 46 x 54 cm. Provenance, The Jason Earle-Sprague collection | *** |  |
| *** | Samuel B. Bonney 'Plan of the Government House and Domain Gardens: Designed by Joseph Sayce Esq., Caulfield' hand-coloured lithograph Department of Lands & Survey, 1873. 34 x 55 cm; (framed 47 x 69 cm). | *** |  |
| *** | Carl Kenzler (Germany, 1872 - 1937), (seascape), oil on canvas, signed lower right 'C. Kenzler', 73 cm x 97 cm, 88 cm x 113 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Frederick golden short (1863-1936), (Forest Dell), oil on board, signed lower right 'F. Golden short '91', 15 x 21 cm, 20 x 26 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Andre-Marie D'Arcy (France), (Street Scene), oil on canvas, signed lower left 'A.M. D'Arcy', 23 x 32 cm, 40 x 49 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Per Moar (Dutch school, 19th century), two floral still life paintings, oil on canvas laid down on masonite board, signed lower left 'Per Moar', 104 x 68 cm each | *** |  |
| *** | George Stubbs (after) 'Kangaroo' copper engraving from Hawkesworth's account of Cook's Voyages, 1st edition published in 1773, plate 20. Being the first known rendering of a kangaroo in Britain. 23 x 27 cm, 48 x 61 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Samuel William Reynolds (1794 - 1872), 'The Army and Navy......Wellington and Nelson' mezzotint with watercolour additions, after John Prescott Knight (1803 - 1881), 70 x 49 cm, 92 x 70 cm overall. | *** |  |
| *** | Benjamin Thomas Pouncey (c1750 - 1799), 'The Glorious First of June 1794' hand-coloured lithograph after Robert Cleveley, 60 x 80 cm, 86 x 108 cm overall. | *** |  |
| *** | [Melbourne real Estate], 'Bellevue park, Northcote' 1884 subdivision poster for Fraser & Co. With attractive vignette view; together with a later poster for 'Bay view Road station Estate, Waverley' for P.C. Butler, 2 posters, the first framed, overall 60… | *** |  |
| *** | Harry Rogers (1929 - 2012), Manila, Qantas, Australia's round - the - world Airline, colour lithograph, circa 1960, printed by posters Pty Ltd. 50 x 36.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Arthur Dudley (working 1890 to 1907), still life with basket and fruit, watercolour, signed lower right 'A. Dudley, '96', 27 x 77 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Michael Leunig (born 1945) 'Wandering minstrel' Limited Edition 1/125; signed lower right in margin. Framed & glazed. Image 30 x 36 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Colour process lithograph poster for 'Cooper, the modern Way, Sheepshower, made in Australia by Sunbeam Corporation limited | *** |  |
| *** | 'Vespro Siciliano' carved wood and polychrome finished wall plaque celebrating the Sicilian uprising in 1282 against the French born Charles I who had ruled the island since 1266. 19th century, 23 cm high, 88 cm wide. | *** |  |
| *** | Advertising: Burgoyne's Harvest Burgundy, 'The pick of the Vineyards' poster with artwork by R. Pannett, circa 1900, colour lithograph on thick card, 67 x 39 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Lewis & Whitty chromolithograph soap advertising poster, 19th century. Manufacturers Factories Charles St. Fitzroy & Bridge Rd. Richmond, Office Flinders Lane W. Melbourne, printed by Charles Troedel & Co. Melbourne & Sydney. 57 x 44 cm | *** |  |
| *** | John Eldershaw (Aust., 1892-1973)., Historic Tasmania, Port Arthur, c1930s. colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, 100 x 62 cm, Text continues 'Information from Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau, Hobart, Tasmania, or from branch offices in the… | *** |  |
| *** | Sonia Delaunay (1884 - 1979) Tristan Tzara with his monocle lithograph, signed in pencil lower right, 37 x 16 cm, from a 1977 limited edition of 25. | *** |  |
| *** | Robert Campbell (1902-1972), Aden, watercolour, signed "Robert Campbell, 1962", 27 x 37 cm, 50 x 57 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | 'Bathurst, 1959 Speed carnival, Mt Panorama scenic Road Circuit, Easter Sat. To Easter Mon. Speed! spectacle! Fun! Australia's fastest Bikes & cars. Huge camping Area'. Iconic and rare motor racing poster, linen backed for conservation. 55 x 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Matthew Flinders (1774 - 1814), Timor and some neighbouring Islands: by M. Flinders, Commr. Of H.M.S. Investigator 1803., copper engraving with attractive hand colouring, 48 x 63 cm (image); framed 68 x 85 cm (overall). From Flinders' a voyage to Terra… | *** |  |
| *** | Louis van Staaten (1836 - 1909), (Dutch river scene), watercolour, circa 1890, signed lower left, 40 x 60 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Carl Brennir (1850 - 1920), landscape with sheep at sunset, oil on board, signed and dated 1906 lower right, 40 x 60 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Harry Rogers (1929 - 2012), Hawaii, Qantas, Australia's round - the - world Airline, colour lithograph, circa 1960, with additional text 'In Association with B.O.A.C. And teal ', printed by posters Pty Ltd. 50 x 36.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Victorian Railways poster No. 242, 'Men of service', showing station master, artwork by Harold Freedman, colour process lithograph, printed by F.W.Niven, size 64 x 101 cm condition B+ | *** |  |
| *** | Travel poster 'Let 'The Overland' Take You in Luxury to Adelaide/ Barossa Valley, South Australia', colour lithograph, published by South Australia Government tourist bureau, printed by H.J.wall Government Photolithographer, Adelaide, overall 64 x 100 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | Cricket related Victorian Railways poster, 'Bumpers! There's no Fun for Motorists in Bumper to Bumper travel, So Relax and Go by train to the cricket', colour process lithograph, size 64 x 100 cm condition B+ | *** |  |
| *** | Advertising poster 'Relax by rail, Then drive Avis Falcon', colour lithograph, overall 63 x 100 cm condition A- | *** |  |
| *** | Engravings: 1790 hand-coloured engravings of reptiles or spiders, from white's 'Journal of a voyage to New South Wales', all window mounted, each overall 35 x 30 cm (or 30 x 35 cm). (9 items) | *** |  |
| *** | Walter Ebatarinja (1915-68, Hermannsburg school): 'Central Australian landscape', watercolour on paper, signed in pencil lower right, image 37 x 31 cm, framed & glazed, overall 53 x 48 cm | *** |  |
| *** | World War II recruiting poster, 'There's a Job For You in the A.W.A.S, the Service That Is Uniformly Smart! Join the A.W.A.S. Australian Women's Army Service', printed in Australia, colour offset, linen-backed, 63 x 50 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Magic poster, 'Virgil, World Famous Magician, & Company Featuring Julie America's Sweetheart of Magic', printed by W.E.Smith limited, Sydney, colour lithograph, linen-backed, size 34 x 76 cm. (Virgil was a professional illusionist from the age of 25, who… | *** |  |
| *** | Poster: La Bougie Colin Fouette Le Moteur 119 x 78 cm, published by Rouffe, laid down on canvas | *** |  |
| *** | Poster: 1981: En Avante Le Confort. En avant Citroen! 81 x 99, artwork by Raymon Savignac, laid down on canvas | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Australian leather work folk art picture frame, housing a colour lithograph titled 'Australian Wildflowers', 19th century, 69 cm x 52 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | March 2 1978 'I Quit' Melbourne Herald newspaper poster. 65 x 51 cm. Extremely rare., Sir John Robert Kerr, Ak, GCMG, Gcvo, Qc (1914 – 1991) was the 18th Governor-General of Australia. He dismissed the Labor government of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975… | *** |  |
| *** | Peter Mazell, [Ireland/Britain, 1733 - 1808], Martin cat., hand-coloured copper engraved plate from, the voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany bay, [J. Stockdale, London, 1789], 23 x 17 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | European school, (castle and river scene), 19th century, oil on canvas, signed lower left (illegible), 21 x 41 cm, 41 x 63 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) the Divine Comedy, woodcut in colours, artist's proof, signed in lower margin at right, 24 x 18.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | European school, landscape with walled town, oil on board, 19th century, 28 x 44 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | 'Victorian Railways Centenary 1854 - 1954 : 100 Years of Service', colour lithograph poster, printed by W. M. Houston, Government Printer, Melbourne, 101 x 63 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Harry Rogers (1929 - 2012), Japan, Qantas, Australia's round - the - world Airline, colour lithograph, circa 1960, printed by posters Pty Ltd. 50 x 36.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Allan Hansen (1911-2000), Australian, oil on board 'Gums' framed, matted and signed lower right 60 x 50 cm | *** |  |
| *** | C1970s travel poster 'Africa By Sas, Scandinavian Airlines System', artwork by Tony, printed in Denmark by Axel, Andreasen & Sonsner, colour process lithograph, linen-backed, size 62 x 100 cm | *** |  |
| *** | C1971 travel poster 'Swanston St. Melbourne. Ansett Airlines of Australia, a Million Holiday Ideas', colour process lithograph, linen-backed, size 100 x 75 cm | *** |  |
| *** | William Dargie (1912-2003), The Golf Course, oil on board, 18 x 39 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'This Is Your Business! Enrol Now As A Blood Donor With the Red Cross', c.1940 colour process lithographic poster for Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Red Cross House, Swanston St. Melbourne, backed on linen. Condition: A. 46 x 30 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'Civvy Street. Can You Take It?', colour process lithograph poster, dated '1944-45' in image lower right. Condition: A-. 23 x 32.5 cm. Text continues 'Consult your RAAF education officer. There's a correspondence course for your post-war job' | *** |  |
| *** | 1930 British Rail travel poster 'Lincoln, on the London and North Easter Railway of England and Scotland', artwork by Gordon Mitchell Forsyth (1879-1952), printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London, colour lithograph, backed on linen, 125 x 100 cm. Condition… | *** |  |
| *** | Magic poster, 'The Sensational Murray, Australian Escapologist', artwork by R.C, waterman, signed by Murray, printed by the perfecta Press London, colour lithograph, overall 51 x 76 cm. Murray Carrington Walters was born at Brighton, Victoria, November 11… | *** |  |
| *** | Travel poster 'Victorian & Melbourne Centenary Celebrations, Australia. Season 1934-35', artwork by Percy Trompf, published by Australian National Travel Association, printed by Troedel & Co, colour lithograph, overall 63 x 50 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Victorian Railways poster No. 247, 'Men of service', showing Signalman, artwork by Harold Freedman, colour process lithograph, printed by F.W.Niven, size 64 x 101 cm condition A- | *** |  |
| *** | 1955 travel poster 'Adelaide, South Australia, wing Your Way with Ana', artwork by Ronald Skate (b.1913), published by Australian National Airways, printed by McLarens, Melbourne, colour lithograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 85 x 125 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | Maurice Namatjira (1938-1977) watercolour titled 'Plains and Mountains', framed glazed and mounted | *** |  |