Christies, Australian Art, London, 10 Oct 2012, No. of Lots: 100

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1 Click here to view image Read, Junior, Richard

Harvest Time

Watercolour on paper, signed and dated 'R Read 1817' lower right, 15.2 x 17.8 cm 		*** ***
2 Click here to view image Photographers, Various

Scenery in the Goldfields, Western Australia

Photographs, titled on the mounts, 10.8 x 16.5 cm (7) 		*** ***
3 Click here to view image Rodius, Charles

A View of Sydney, New South Wales

Pencil on paper, unframed, signed, inscribed and dated 'Chs Rodius / F... 1831 / Sidney / N.S.W' lower left and indistinctly inscribed in French on the reverse, 18.7 x 31.6 cm 		*** ***
4 Click here to view image Gritten, Henry C.

Victorian Landscape with Cattle Watering

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'H.Gritten. / 1868' lower right, 42 x 65 cm 		*** ***
5 Click here to view image Lacy, George

Fishing in the Murray River

Watercolour on paper in a painted oval, the four corners cut, signed 'G.Lacy.' lower right and titled 'Fishing for Murray Cod-. / 'Here, Mary, is a nice little fish you can fry for supper.' lower centre, 24.6 x 32.9 cm 		*** ***
6 Click here to view image Friend, Mary Ann

Autograph Manuscript Journal of a Voyage with Her Husband, Matthew Curling Friend, on the Wanstead to Hobart (37)

Watercolours 		*** ***
7 Click here to view image Laurence, Samuel

Portraits Said to Be of John Morphett and Elizabeth Morphett (Née Fisher), Head And Shoulders

Pencil, charcoal and coloured chalks, both signed and dated 'S. Laurence 1840' lower right, 52.2 x 38.1cm; 50.8 x 37.5 cm 		*** ***
8 Click here to view image Skipper, John Michael

Cummins House, Adelaide, with John Morphett and Family, And a Group of Seated Aborigines, in the Foreground

Watercolour on paper, signed with initials 'I.M.S.' (scratched out, lower right, 38.7 x 50.8 cm 		*** ***
9 Click here to view image Tucker, Tudor St. George

Sunset

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'T.SG Tucker / 1900' lower right, 50.9 x 76.3 cm
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10 Click here to view image Russell, John Peter

Belle-Ile-en-Mer (Recto); Belle-ile-en-Mer (verso)

Pencil and watercolour with scratching out on paper, signed and dated 'John. Russell / 07' lower left (recto), 25.4 x 34.2 cm
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11 Click here to view image Russell, John Peter

La Caverne Des Sirènes

Pencil, coloured chalks and watercolour on paper, signed 'John.Russell / 07' lower right, with inscription 'La Caverne des Sirènes. / A Belle- Ile en Mer. / Par John Russell / Offert à Madame Ninon Vallin, / en souvenir du Festival Fauré, / par la fille de J Russell. / Affetueusement / Jeanne Jouve' on t, 25.4 x 33.6 cm 		*** ***
12 Click here to view image Russell, John Peter

Standing Male Nude — an Académie

Oil on canvas laid down on board, signed with initials 'J.R' lower left, 48.2 x 31.7 cm 		*** ***
13 Click here to view image Conder, Attributed, Charles Edward

The Spanish Dancer

Pencil, charcoal and pastel on linen laid down on board, 50.8 x 40 cm 		*** ***
14 Click here to view image Conder, Charles Edward

Portrait of a Woman

Oil on canvas laid down on board, signed 'Conder' lower left, 35.6 x 22.8 cm 		*** ***
15 Click here to view image Bunny, Rupert Charles Wulsten

Maisons Roses Au Bord Du Barrage

Oil on canvas, signed 'Rupert C.W. Bunny' lower right, 41.3 x 72.4 cm 		*** ***
16 Click here to view image Mackennal, Edgar Bertram

A Relief Portrait of an Officer

Bronze, signed and dated 'B. MacKennal / 1917' lower right, 45.7 x 41.9 cm 		*** ***
17 Click here to view image Streeton, Arthur Ernest

Windsor Castle

Watercolour on paper, signed 'Arthur Streeton.' lower left, 20.9 x 47 cm 		*** ***
18 Click here to view image Young, W. Blamire

Passing Clouds

Watercolor on paper, signed 'Blamire Young' lower right, 27 x 30 cm
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19 Click here to view image Herbert, Harold Brocklebank

Golden Summer

Pencil and watercolour on paper, signed 'Harold. B. Herbert.' lower right, 30.4 x 25.7 cm
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20 Click here to view image Worsley, Charles Nathaniel

Cattle Grazing in a Coastal Bay, New Zealand

Pencil and watercolour on paper, signed 'C.N.Worsley.' lower left, 73.7 x 124.5 cm
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21 Click here to view image Paterson, John Ford

Dunes and Tea Trees

Oil on canvas-board, signed and dated 'J Ford Paterson / 1907' lower left, 21.6 x 32.1 cm
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22 Click here to view image Long, Sydney

Rivergum Landscape

Oil on canvas laid down on board, signed and dated 'Sydney Long / 1939', 45.7 x 60.8 cm 		*** ***
23 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Luna Park, November 1940

Monotype with pen and ink on paper, inscribed and dated 'Luna / Park. Nov 40' lower right, signed and dated 'Nolan / Nov. 1940' on the reverse, 12.4 x 19.2 cm 		*** ***
24 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Dimboola

Pastel and wash on paper, inscribed and dated 'June. Dimboola / 1942' on the reverse, 24.8 x 30.4 cm 		*** ***
25 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Winged Figure

Mixed media on paper (a page from the Nolan One-Man Show at the Contemporary Art Society Studio, Melbourne, August 1943), 18.4 x 12.7 cm
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26 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Nine Transfer Drawings

Red transfer drawings, six unframed, the third inscribed ('Crossing under railway bridge at Wangaratta river flooded hare p.108 ...'), fourth ('climbing out on island flooded Murray. Hare p.108 ...'), and fifth (Horse (Kennedys) knocked up & abandoned by Kelly in Warby ranges. Bleeding feet. Hare. p.1, 25.4 x 31.7 cm (9) 		*** ***
27 No image available Nolan, Sidney Robert

Still Life

Charcoal and watercolour on paper, 25 x 31.6 cm 		*** ***
28 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Ned Kelly

Frottage and black wash on coated paper, 30.4 x 24.8 cm 		*** ***
29 No image available Nolan, Sidney Robert

Assyrian King with Kelly Mask; and Policeman

Blank ink on coated paper, unframed, the first inscribed as titled on the reverse, 30.4 x 25.4 cm (2)
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30 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Seven Carbon Drawings

Carbon transfer drawings on paper, four unframed, the first and second signed with initial and dated 'n. 9-12-48.', the fourth signed with initial, inscribed and dated 'The Surgeon / 19-1-48 N', the fifth signed with initial, signed and dated 'n. / 22-7-49 / Nolan', the sixth signed and dated '15-3-49 /, 25.4 x 30.4 cm and similar (7)
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31 No image available Nolan, Sidney Robert

Six Self-Portraits

Black ink on coated paper, unframed, four signed with initial 'N' (1 lower left, 3 lower right, one inscribed 'Self portraits. / night of 10th Feb. 55' on the reverse, 30.4 x 25.4 cm (6)
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32 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Drought Study (Recto); Sketch for a Drought Study (verso)

Textile dye and black ink on paper, unframed, signed and dated 'Nolan / 52' lower left, 25.1 x 30.4 cm 		*** ***
33 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Three Drought Studies: Drought; Burnt Kangaroo; Kneeling Carcass

Ink on paper, the first signed, inscribed and dated 'Nolan. / 4 / 1 / 55. / Drought.' on the reverse; the second signed, inscribed and dated 'Nolan. / 4 / 1 / 55 / Burnt Kangaroo.' on the reverse; the third with a sketch of a chapel on the reverse, the sketch inscribed, 30.5 x 25.4 cm (2); 25.4 x 30.5 cm (1) (
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34 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Circling Round - Gathering Speed, from 'Back of Beyond'

Black ink on coated paper, signed and numbered 'nolan / 41' lower right, and signed, titled and numbered '41 'Circling round / Gathering Speed' / nolan / 'Back of Beyond' on the reverse, 25.4 x 30.4 cm
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35 No image available Nolan, Sidney Robert

Three Studies: Truncated Figure; Ram and Fragments of a Horse; And Figure in Profile

Coloured textile dye on coated paper, 30.4 x 25.4 cm (2); (25.4 x 30.4 cm (1)
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36 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Eight Studies, Italy and Greece 1954-1955

Oil and Ripolin on coated paper, five unframed, one signed 'Nolan' lower centre, and signed and dated 'Italy / 1954. / Nolan' on the reverse, one signed, inscribed and dated '8th July. 1955. / Nolan / Test Pilot. / Dante' on the reverse, one signed with initial and dated '10th Dec. 55. / N' on the rev, 25.4 x 30.4 cm (3); 30.4 x 25.4cm (5) (8
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37 No image available Nolan, Sidney Robert

Five Studies of Classical Figures Including Pan and a Dancing Girl

Pen and black ink on coated paper, two unframed, 30.4 x 25.4 cm (5)
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38 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Fallen Warrior

Gouache on coated paper, 25.4 x 30.4 cm
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39 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Italian Study, 1951

Oil on paper, signed and dated 'Nolan / 51' lower centre, inscribed 'Italian Study / 1951 / Whitechapel / 10 X / 12' x 10' on the reverse of the mount, 29.8 x 24.7 cm 		*** ***
40 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Kelly Gang Study, a Costume Design for Douglas Stewart's 'Ned Kelly' (1956)

Oil on coated paper, unframed, 30.4 x 25.4 cm 		*** ***
41 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

A Green Card Folder Titled 'Kelly' on the Upper Cover Containing 113 Sketches and Notes for Ned Kelly, Approximately 28

Pen, black and blue inks, and brown and grey washes on transfer paper, unframed, the majority of the sketches extensively inscribed, several dated May-June 1956, 25.4 x 20.3 cm and similar (113) 		*** ***
42 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Seven Sketches for Sculpture, Hydra, January-February 1956

Mixed media on coated paper, four unframed, one signed with initial 'N' lower right, one signed with initial, inscribed and dated '12-1-56 Hydra. / N. / Sketch for / Sculpture. / Greek theme. / Pan. Horse. / Rider, Woman. on the reverse, one signed with initial, inscribed and dated 9-1-56 / N / Not, 25.4 x 30.4 cm (6), 30.4 x 25.4 cm (1) ( 		*** ***
43 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Kelly Pacifying Bucking Horse (From Marini's Cavalieri 1951)

Oil on paper, signed, inscribed and dated 'Kelly pacifying bucking / horse. / from Marini's / Cavalieri / 1951 / Rome. / 4th May. 56. / Nolan' on the reverse, 30.4 x 25.4 cm
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44 No image available Nolan, Sidney Robert

Four Studies 1956: Greek Drawing (Hydra); Head in Profile (Hydra); Kelly Armour; and Girl And Curtain

Oil and coloured chalks on coated paper, unframed, the first signed within initial 'N' lower left, and signed with initial and dated 'March 56. / Hydra / N.' on the reverse, the second signed, inscribed and dated 'March. 1956. / Nolan Hydra / Amazon?' on the reverse, the third signed with initial 'N' lowe, 30.4 x 25.4 cm (3), 30.4 x 25.4 cm (1) (
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45 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Five Studies - Kelly, Figures and Rams

Black wax crayon and textile dye on coated paper, 30.4 x 25.4 cm (5) 		*** ***
46 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Kelly and Horse - Four Studies

Black and coloured wax crayons and textile dye on coated paper, unframed, one signed and dated '12/3/58 / Nolan / Paris' on the reverse, 30.4 x 25.4 cm (4)
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47 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Ned Kelly

Black and coloured wax crayons and collage on coated paper, signed with initial, inscribed and dated 'Ischia 7-7-56. / N. / Verve' on the reverse, 25.4 x 30.4 cm
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48 No image available Nolan, Sidney Robert

Three Designs for Ar Covers

Coloured wax crayons on coated paper, two unframed, one dedicated and inscribed 'Jinx & Cynthia / with love. / Paris. / 14th Sept 56 / white wall along Siene [sic]. going to St. Cloud / Eiffel Tower in distance. / ar. cover' on the reverse, one signed with initial, inscribed and dated 'Pissoir in paris / (, 30.4 x 25.4 cm (2), 30.4 x 25.4 cm (1) (
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49 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Convict and Mrs Fraser

Textile dye and coloured crayon on coated paper, signed 'Nolan' lower centre left, signed and dated 'Oct 14th. 1958 / Nolan. / New York.' on the reverse, 25.4 x 30.4 cm
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50 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Bather, Soldier, Gallipoli; and Gallipoli Study

Textile dye, both signed 'Nolan.' lower left, the first signed, inscribed and dated 'Bather / Solider / Gallipoli / 14 Oct 58 / Nolan / New York' on the reverse the first textile dye and coloured crayon on coated paper; the second, 25.4 x 30.5 cm (2)
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