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This catalogue is dedicated to the memory of the late, Mr. Mario Buongiorno

31/3/53 – 1/2/06.

A well known and long time habitué of our sale room.

Very knowledgeable, with an amazing memory, he collected with a strong passion, particularly historical Western Australian pictures.

Usually sitting in the back row and cutting a distinctive figure in shorts, a reversed baseball cap and long hair. He will be missed by those who knew him.

CATALOGUE

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1. Revel Cooper 1938 – 1983

Landscape With Emus

Oil on board, signed lower right

26 x 36cm

Estimate: $500 – 1,000

Verso: Inscribed "To Truckie Brown, Revel not Bevel"

2. Bruce Malloch b.1936

Outer Suburbia

Oil, signed lower right

16 x 28cm

Estimate: $400 – 600

3. Attributed to Mr. Futcher

Very possibly: Military Tents and Pig Island, Leschenault Inlet, Bunbury c.1905

Oil on board

19.5 x 30cm

Estimate: $300 - 600

Verso: Inscribed "Bunbury Estuary Settlement, Painted by Mr. Futcher"

Note: Bunbury is surrounded by five waterways. The Collie River, the Preston River, the Leschenault Inlet, Koombana Bay and the Indian Ocean. To this you may also add the Leschenault Estuary (further north). These waterways have been subject to extensive land reclamation and the construction of the port. So much like Fremantle, the current shoreline bares little resemblance to what it would be at the time of European Settlement. Having said that, the island depicted in the middle ground could be an island in the inlet that was used to contain livestock.

The Bunbury Historical Society confirm that there was a Futcher family in old Bunbury.

4. Guy Grey-Smith 1916 – 1981

Untitled

Screenprint, numbered 20/30, dated ’66 and signed, lower right

72 x 50cm

Estimate: $900 – 1,200

5. James Ashton 1859 – 1935

Blue Mountains

Oil on canvas on board, signed lower right

43 x 32cm

Estimate: $250 – 350

6. Elizabeth Durack 1915 – 2000

The End Of The Tether

Watercolour, signed upper left

37 x 50cm

Estimate: $1,200 – 1,600

7. Hans Heysen 1877 – 1968

Thieles Barn

Etching

Numbered 28/50, titled and signed, lower margin

12 x 20cm

Estimate: $800 – 1,100

8. Norman Alfred Williams Lindsay 1879 – 1969

The Ring

Etching, edition of 50

Numbered 41, titled, signed and dated 1920, lower margin

13.4 x 11.8cm

Estimate: $2,500 – 3,000

Illustrated p.111 "Norman Lindsay Etchings, Catalogue Raisonne" by Lin Bloomfield, 1999

9. Harald Vike 1906 – 1987

Saplings and Winter Sky

Watercolour, signed lower left

29 x 44cm

Estimate: $400 - 650

10. James Goatcher 1879 – 1957

River Scene

Watercolour, signed lower centre

28 x 37cm

Estimate: $200 - 300

11. John Cartwright b.1950

Hillside Houses

Oil on board, signed lower left

49 x 25cm

Estimate: $150 - 250

12. Arturo Cruz b.1950

Edge Of The Water, Point Walter

Oil on canvas on board, signed lower right

28 x 40cm

Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000

13. Howard Hamilton Taylor 1918 – 2001

Forked Structure, 1981

Oil and oilstick on shaped paper

Signed and dated ’81, lower left

22.3 x 18.2cm

Estimate: $1,500 – 2,000

Provenance: Purchased by present owners from Gallerie Dusseldorf, 1983

14. Guy Edward Grey-Smith 1916 – 1981

Soundlings

Set of eight woodcuts

Framed as a set of 5, and a set of 3

Each 21 x 14cm

Each signed, numbered 16/20 and dated ’76, lower margin

Estimate: $1,500 – 2,000

Produced to illustrate the book "New Country", published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1976 (included in the sale)

15. Lloyd Frederick Rees 1895 – 1988

Caloola Tree

Lithograph, numbered 79/80, lower left and signed and dated ’80, lower right

51 x 66cm

Estimate: $950 – 1,300

Provenance: Purchased from Macquarie Galleries, 1981

16. Katherine Munro Jarvis 1910 – 2002

The Red Boatshed

Watercolour, signed lower right

37 x 47cm

Estimate: $300 - 500

Verso: Inscribed "Art Competition 1953"

17. John Barker 1867 – 1943

Kalgan River, Albany

Watercolour, signed lower right

33 x 44cm

Estimate: $1,400 – 1,800

18. Robert Pope b.1939

Country Town

Oil on canvas, signed and dated ’82, lower right

22 x 29cm

Estimate: $300 - 500

19. Bruce Malloch b.1936

The Annual Event

Pastel

39 x 51cm

Estimate: $450 – 650

20. Revel Cooper 1938 – 1983

Landscape

Watercolour and bodycolour, signed lower right

32.5 x 49cm

Estimate: $400 – 600

21. William Boissevain b.1927

Studio Nude

Mixed media, signed lower right

50 x 72cm

Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000

22. Larry Mitchell b.1953

Cottesloe

Oil on canvas, signed lower right

89 x 120cm

Estimate: $7,500 – 8,500

23. Helen Norton b.1961

Exile In His Own Land

Acrylic on canvas, signed verso

90 x 120cm

Estimate: $2,800 – 3,800

24. Robert Johnson 1890 – 1964

Near Sofala, N.S.W.

Oil on board, signed lower left

29 x 36cm

Estimate: $2,000 – 2,800

25. Charles Blackman b.1928

In The Mirror

Mixed media, signed lower right

74 x 54cm

Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000

26. Frank Mills 1901 – 1957

Denmark, c. 1947

Watercolour, signed lower right

37 x 28cm

Estimate: $900 – 1,200

27. Bruce Malloch b.1936

On A Lazy Sea, Broome

Oil on board, signed lower right

22 x 34cm

Estimate: 500 - 750

28. Harald Vike 1906 – 1987

Rocky Outcrop

Watercolour, signed lower right

30 x 42cm

Estimate: $400 - 600

29. Cameron Tjapaltjarri

Untitled, 1987

Acrylic on canvas

91.5 x 122cm

Estimate: $700 – 1,200

Illustrated Page 10

The painting depicts a Little Mouse dreaming site. It was painted at Kintore in 1987 for Papunya Tula Artists P/L.

Provenance: Purchased from Dreamtime Gallery in 1992.

30. Dorothy Djukulul (Yirritja Tribal Group)

Spider Bark Painting

Ochre on bark

186 x 62cm

Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000

Provenance: Purchased from Aboriginal Australia Pty. Ltd., Adelaide

Karr the spider inhabits the rocky country and is known as a catcher of souls.

31. Lloyd Frederick Rees 1895 – 1988

Sydney

Colour lithograph

Numbered 18/80, lower left and signed and dated ’80, lower right

48 x 64cm

Estimate: $900 – 1,500

32. Charles Blackman b.1928

Midsummer Masque

Lithograph

Numbered 75/150, titled and signed, lower margin

40 x 28cm

Estimate: $800 – 1,200

33. Cyril George Lander 1892 – 1983

Perth and South Perth From The Causeway, c.1965

Watercolour, signed lower right

26 x 36cm

Estimate: $900 – 1,200

34. Hans Heysen 1877 – 1968

Gums & Sheep

Etching

Numbered 29/50, titled and signed, lower margin

19.5 x 15cm

Estimate: $800 – 1,200

35. John Brackenreg 1905 – 1986

In The Porongurups, W.A. 1935

Oil on canvas, signed lower right

28 x 35.5cm

Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000

It is Western Australian art folk law that the artist responsible for this work accompanied the well known artists Robert Johnson and A.W. Bassett on a painting trip of the South West during 1935.

This is the only known work to come to market by John Brackenreg depicting this trip, although a number have appeared in the market by the other two.

Besides being a talented painter, who studied under Julian Ashton, Brackenreg was responsible for the W.A. Newspapers Ltd. Art Gallery at Newspaper House, 1933 - 1950.

Later he moved back to Sydney and established one of the pre-eminent galleries of the day, Artarmon Galleries. He became a Fellow of the Royal Art Society in 1954, was granted an MBE in 1962 and an OBE in 1970.

This impressionist painting depicts their caravan and the motor vehicle which towed it. It was most likely painted on the actual site and has the same vibrancy and sense of place now, as it did 70 years ago when it was painted.

It still has the original carved and gilded frame

36. John Allcot 1888 – 1973

Clipper Ship Clyde, Entering Sydney Harbour

Gouache, signed and dated 1926, lower left

35 x 61cm

Estimate: $3,500 – 4,500

37. Allan Thomas Bernaldo 1900 – 1988

Desert Hunters, Alice Springs

Oil on canvas, signed lower right

59.5 x 67.5cm

Estimate: $900 – 1,500

38. Irene Carter 1900 – 1955

Florence

Watercolour, signed and titled, lower right

33 x 44cm

Estimate: $600 – 900

39. Arthur Esam 1850 – 1938

Country Scene

Watercolour

22 x 32cm

Estimate: $200 – 300

Provenance: Leonard Joel

40. Elizabeth Durack 1915 – 2000

Equipment For Depths, Broome, c.1945

Mixed media on masonite, signed lower right

90 x 66cm

Estimate: $2,000 – 3,000

Provenance: McAlpine Collection

This is an historically interesting artwork as it depicts the inside of one of the pearling sheds at the end of World War II. The notation "B43" on the centrally located blue box, possibly gives some clue as to the identity of the shed or the lugger from which it came.

40a. Hans Heysen 1877 – 1968

Late Summer Afternoon, Ambleside c.1920

Watercolour, signed lower left

32 x 39.5cm

Estimate: $30,000 – 35,000

John Thallon framing label, verso

41. Reginald Comley 1875 – 1939

Stream and Bridge In The Adelaide Hills

Watercolour, signed and dated ’04, lower right

51 x 37cm

Estimate: $600 – 1,200

42. William Dunn Knox 1880 – 1945

Little Dock, Melbourne

Oil on artist board, signed lower left

23.5 x 32cm

Estimate: $2,500 – 3,500

Verso: 1934 Centenary Art Exhibition Label

Sedon Galleries Label

43. William Boissevain b.1927

Rocky Outcrop, Darling Ranges

Oil on board, signed lower right

84 x 106cm

Estimate: $8,500 – 10,000

44. Marcus Beilby b.1951

"Black, White Streetfight" Fremantle

Oil on canvas, inscribed Beilby and dated ’80, on reverse

183 x 140cm

Estimate: $14,000 – 18,000

45. James Ranalph Jackson 1882 – 1975

The Story, c.1946

Oil on canvas, signed lower right

54.5 x 44.5cm

Estimate: $7,500 – 9,500

This painting was reproduced in black and white, page 40 "Australian Art Illustrated" 1947. A Royal Art Publication

46. Sybil Craig 1901 – 1989

Lilly and Leaves

Charcoal, signed lower left

48 x 33cm

Estimate: $500 - 700

47. Alan Stubbs 1898 – 1976

River and Trees

Watercolour, signed and dated ’71, lower left

30 x 39cm

Estimate: $400 - 500

48. William Rubery Bennett 1893 – 1987

The Blue MacDonnells c.1940’s

Oil on board, signed lower right

14.5 x 19cm

Estimate: $1,500 – 2,000

Verso: Inscribed with title and "To Vi (the artists wife) from Rubery"

Provenance: From the artists estate c.1998

49. Harald Vike 1906 – 1987

Nude With Black Stockings, c. 1976

Oil on board, signed lower left

75 x 49cm

Estimate: $700 – 1,200

Provenance: From the artists estate

Verso: Certificate of authenticity

50. Charles Blackman b.1928

Heide

Coloured etching

Numbered 114/400, signed and titled, lower margin

16.5 x 11.5cm

Estimate: $250 – 350

Note: Presented at the opening night dinner, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, 2001

50a. Diana Johnston b.1940

Dog Roses

Oil on canvas, signed lower right

74 x 74cm

Estimate: $900 – 1,400

50b. Irwin Crowe b.1903

Seated Nude

Mixed media, signed lower right

50 x 36cm

Estimate: $400 - 700

50c. William (Bill) Coleman 1922 – 1992

Paper Boats

Pastel, signed lower right

59 x 45cm

Estimate: $1,000 – 1,500

50d. Bernard Hesling 1905 – 1987

Cats

Vitreous enamel, signed lower right

42 x 49cm

Estimate: $1,000 – 1,500

50e. John Cartwright b.1950

Country Cottage

Oil on board, signed lower right

24 x 24cm

Estimate: $200 - 300

50f. John Cartwright b.1950

Denmark Cottage

Oil on board, signed and dated 2002, lower right

29 x 29cm

Estimate: $240 – 300

50g. Ken Knight b.1956

Sirius Cove, Sydney Harbour

Oil on board, signed lower left

26 x 17cm

Estimate: $800 – 1,000

50h. Bernard Hesling 1905 – 1987

Figures and Faces

Vitreous enamel, signed lower right

Circular, diameter 54cm

Estimate: $900 – 1,200

50i. James Ranalph Jackson 1882 – 1975

Shadowed Hills, Glen Innes, NSW

Oil on canvas, signed and dated ’59, lower left

45 x 55cm

Estimate: $2,000 – 2,800

50j. George Laszlo

The Broken Fence

Oil on board, signed lower right

47 x 57cm

Estimate: $900 – 1,300

50k. Dorca Charles Sewell

Clipper Grace Harwar, (Great Western Line)

Watercolour, signed lower right

41 x 59cm

Estimate: $700 – 1,000

Germaine, page 479. Exhibited Royal Society of Marine Artists, London; British Society of Artists, London; United Society of Artists, London and various Australian galleries during the 1970’s.

50L. Cyril George Lander 1892 – 1983

Main St, Geraldton, W.A. c.1950

Watercolour, signed lower right

23 x 29cm

Estimate: $600 – 900

Inscribed verso, on part of original backing board; "title, price 10gns, Cyril Lander, 329 Murray St, Perth, W.A."

50m. Robert Litchfield Juniper b.1929

Banksia

Mixed media, signed and dated, ’79, lower left

53 x 36cm

Estimate: $2,500 – 3,200

51. Julian Rossi Ashton 1851 – 1942

Howick Street, Perth (Hay St.)

Original hand coloured engraving

Signed in plate, J.R. Ashton, lower right

19 x 12.7cm

Estimate: $175 - 250

52. William Boissevain b.1927

Gnangara

Oil on board, signed and dated ’69, lower left

66 x 55cm

Estimate: $1,500 – 2,000

53. Sir John William Ashton 1881 – 1963

Landscape

Oil on canvas on board, signed and dated 1934, lower right

35 x 42cm

Estimate: $800 – 1,400

54. after J. Alphonse Pellion (active 1817 – 1820)

Nouvelle-Holland, Baie des Chiens Marins camp de l’Uranie, sur la Presque ile Peron (Shark Bay, Western Australia)

Hand coloured engraving

Plate II from the atlas to Louis de Freycinet’s "Voyage Autour du Monde" published Paris 1824

19 x 27cm

Estimate: $850 – 1,200

Illustrated: "The Colonial Eye" by Barbara Chapman, 1979, p.21. Interestingly, the original watercolour was recently purchased in London (at great expense) and brought back to Perth. It shows de Freycinets wife near her husband (she apparently stowed away) who is at the table – perhaps inspecting maps/charts, on the right hand side of the image. However, in the official journal illustration, she has been omitted.

55. John Campbell 1855 – 1924

Perth Railway Station, 1903

Watercolour, signed John Campbell, dated 1903, and inscribed, Perth W.A., lower right

40 x 69cm

Estimate: $20,000 – 30,000

Apparently Campbell considered his main occupation to be, "sign writer and decorator".

In this work he has included his own two advertising signs.

One says, "For pictures of residences commission Mr. J. Campbell, Scenic Artist Perth".

The sign next to it says, "For pictures and scenery go to J. Campbell, Perth".

One of his major patrons, the Swan Brewery, gets the largest sign. Other signs include "Derby Tobacco", the "Hotel Imperial", and "Boan Brothers".

With Campbell’s paintings, the more one looks at them, the more one sees. That is why they are valuable historical records of their time. In the subject work, even the number of the foreground train is recorded, number "199".

He is regarded as a significant artist of his time, as most artists of this period painted landscapes, not the urban environment . However, his work exudes charm, that lifts it above a mere architectural rendition.

His best pictures, like our subject work, contain people, signage, life and lots of detail.

References:

Chapman "The Colonial Eye"

McCulloch "Encyclopedia of Australian Art"

Baker, J., Art Gallery W.A., Campbell Catalogue & Essay, 2003

A very similar, but not identical work is held within the Wesfarmers Collection.

56. Desmond John Brennan b.1945

Garden Lake, Rottnest (Back of the Lodge)

Watercolour, signed and dated ’86, lower left

53 x 31cm

Estimate: $1,200 – 1,600

57. Bruce Malloch b.1936

Where The Road Bends, Walpole

Oil on canvas on board, signed lower right

29 x 22cm

Estimate: $500 – 750

58. Dixon Copes b.1914

Camelon Creek

Oil on board, signed lower right

44 x 54cm

Estimate: $500 – 800

59. Ron Van Gennip b.1947

At Their Moorings

Oil on canvas on board, signed lower left

88 x 118cm

Estimate: $2,800 – 3,500

60. John Hagan

Soccer In The Park

Oil, signed lower right

99 x 76cm

Estimate: $500 - 900

61. Lionel Hornabrooke Jago 1882 – 1953

Cityscape

Oil on board, signed lower left

40 x 33cm

Estimate: $300 - 500

62. Lloyd Frederick Rees 1895 – 1988

South Coast Beach

Lithograph

Numbered 6/80, lower right and signed and dated ’80, lower left

50.3 x 65.8cm

Estimate: $950 – 1,300

Provenance: Purchased from Macquarie Galleries, 1981

63. Harald Vike 1906 – 1987

Portrait of a Colorful Character, c. 1950’s

Charcoal and watercolour, signed lower left

52 x 38cm

Estimate: $350 - 550

Verso: Certificate of authenticity

Provenance: From the artist’s estate

64. Robert Litchfield Juniper b.1929

Untitled, 1964

Oil on board, signed and dated 1964, lower right

82 x 119cm

Estimate: $12,000 - 16,000

Illustrated Back Cover

Provenance: Skinner Galleries, Perth, 1964

65. George Duerden b.1926

The Spanish Bullfighter

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1973, upper left

61 x 88cm

Estimate: $2,200 – 3,000

66. Jo Godfrey

East Perth Angel, 2001

Oil on canvas, diptych