Full details of each lot are displayed, except the lot number, estimate and price. You must be a subscriber to view lot numbers, estimates and prices.

Click here to view registration and subscription levels

The Geoffrey Burke Collection, Day 2 — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Articles on this Sale

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:329
Sale Title:The Geoffrey Burke Collection, Day 2Lots with images:326
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:312
Date:27-Sep-2020
***
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981) 'Beach series' 1 and 2 black & white, BW1474 & 1470 (Prints, Helen Skuse, 1986) both 19 x 19 cm. See p.35 'Drysdale Photographer'. (2)
***
***
***
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981) a group of five (5) black & white photographs (Printed by Helen Skuse, 1986) all approx. 19 x 19 cm.
***
***
***
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981) Coen Races, Cape York Peninsula 1951 (Aboriginal riders up; the crowd behind the fence) two (2) black & white photographs (Printed by Helen Skuse, 1986) both approx. 24 x 24 cm.
***
***
***
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981) a group of four (4) black & white photographs (Printed by Helen Skuse, 1986) all approx. 24 x 24 cm.
***
***
***
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981) Queensland scenes (2) black & white photographs (Printed by Helen Skuse, 1986) 18 x 30 cm and 21.5 x 22.5.
***
***
***
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981), 'View from Milparinka, New South Wales, July 1963', Kodachrome D1138, Cibachrome, Leo Duykers 1986, 26 x 38 cm.
***
***
***
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981) View of Milparinka, New South Wales, July 1963 Cibachrome print from Kodachrome reversal film, 24 x 35 cm
***
***
***
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981) Industrial scene on the edge of town, Cibachrome print from Kodachrome reversal film, 25.5 x 38 cm
***
***
***
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981) Landscape, Cibachrome print from Kodachrome reversal film, 24.5 x 36 cm
***
***
***
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981) Blue Lechanaultia and Prickly Poison Cibachrome print (D2940) from Kodachrome reversal film, 15.5 x 23 cm
***
***
***
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981) 'Camp near Mt. Isa, 1956' Cibachrome print from Kodachrome reversal film, 17 x 27 cm
***
***
***
The Earth Setting, 1969 a series of three photographs taken from the surface of the Moon, printed together on a single sheet of Kodak photographic paper, overall 51 x 41 cm.
***
***
***
Laurie Wilson (1920 - 1980) A suite of four landscape images, silver gelatin photographs, bears artist's studio stamp verso and each approx. 13 x 18 cm (on 20 x 25 cm stock). (4).
***
***
***
Anthony Green (Australia, 1952 - ) 'Monument Valley, Utah' and 'Chicago, Illinois' circa 1980 silver gelatin photographs on Agfa stock, both 17 x 25 cm mounted in a folder with 'Archival Photograph Anthony Green' stamped alongside. (2 items) Green's
***
***
***
Martin Sharp (1942 - 2013) Mister Tambourine Man, 1967 Two colour screenprint on gold reflective foil paper, 75 x 50 cm.
***
***
N/A
***
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco 'Doors/Miller Blues Band' 'Swirly' Avalon Ballroom Concert Poster FD57.1 (Family Dog, 1967). 51 x 35 cm (20 x 24') One of Victor Moscoso's most vibrant designs (and one of the most difficult to read, due to the '
***
***
***
Doors/Lothar and The Hand People/ Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band 'Flash' Denver Concert Poster Fd-84 (Family Dog, 1967). 51 x 35 cm (20 x 14')
***
***
***
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.
***
***
***
Bob Schnepf (USA) 1967 pair of classic posters for the Avalon Ballroom, #FD98-1 Dance Concert featuring Blue Cheer and Country Joe & the Fish Dec.1967; and #FD99-1 Dance Concert New Year's Eve 1967 with Blue Cheer, County Joe & the Fish, The Flami
***
***
***
Martin Sharp (1942 - 2013) Sunshine Superman (Donovan), 1968 offset lithograph on paper, Printed by Big O Posters, 78 x 53.5 cm.
***
***
***
Central Street Gallery, Sydney, Exhibition posters, (3) comprising, 'Max Cullen's Rare Stamp Collection' (1968) colour lithograph and felt-pen on paper; 'Christo' (1969) colour screenprint on woven synthetic polymer fabric; 'American Pop prints
***
***
***
Magritte Poster, 'The 8 Sculptures of Magritte The Hanover Gallery, London W1 June - August 1968'. 84 x 59 cm
***
***
***
Howard Bernstein (Psychedelic artist) 'Esp Disk' poster, 1968, signed & dated in the image lower right.
***
***
***
Robert Fried 'Orange Groove Dance Concert' Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, 1968 [Mammoth Productions, Hollywood] 74 x 58.5 cm.
***
***
***
Christo, Wool Works National Gallery of Victoria, 1969 Exhibition poster, 89 x 51 cm.
***
***
***
Rick Griffin 'Murphy' poster (John Severson Productions, 1969) 48 x 71 cm (19' x 28')
***
***
***
Psychedelic Posters, Hambly Studios #5 and #16, California - Blacklight / Silkscreens, both 58 x 44 cm. (2).
***
***
***
Movie Poster, 'Futureworld' (1976) original one-sheet poster, 103 x 69 cm (folded, as distributed).
***
***
***
Scandinavian Glass, 'Orrefors Glass' by Alistair Duncan, 'Orrefors, A Century Of Swedish Glassmaking' by Kerstin Wickman, 'Bertil Vallian' by Gunnar Lindqvist, 'Scandinavia Ceramics & Glass In The 20th Century' and '1998 Orrefors Gallery 100' (5 vol
***
***
***
Italian Glass, 'Dino Martens' by Marc Heiremans, 'Art Of The Barovier' by Marino Barovier, 'Sottsass Glass Works', by Barovier, Bischofberger & Carboni, 'Contemporary Glass' by Susanne K. Frantz, 'art glass By Archimedes Seguso' by Umberto Franzoi
***
***
***
Italian Glass, 'Glas Glass Verre Vetri I 1950-1960' by Waltraud Neuwirth, 'Venetian Glass The Nancy Olnick & Giorgio Spanu Collection', 'Il Vetro Di Murano Alle Biennali 1895-1972' by Leonardo Arte, 'Venetian Glass 1890-1990' by Rosa Barovier Mentas
***
***
***
Anthropology, 'Oceanic Art' by Anthony Jp Meyer, 'African Art' by Van Dyke, 'Oceania, Art Of The Pacific Islands In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art' [Yale University Press],'Oceanic Art Myth, Man, And Image In The South Seas' by Carl A. Schmitz, 'Isl
***
***
***
Glass, 'Steuben Glass' by Mary Jean Madigan, 'art glass Of Louis Comfort Tiffany' by Paul E. Doros, 'Glass, A Contemporary Art' by Dan Klein, 'Bohemian Glass,1,400-1989' translated by Lysa Hochroth, 'Collectible Bohemian Glass, 1915-1945, Vol.II' by
***
***
***
Design & Jewellery, Including FabergA©, Lalique, Christopher Dresser, Wiener WerkstA¤tte, Art deco, Art Nouveau, Jewellery, Vienna Art & Design, (13 Vol.)
***
***
***
Design, Modernism & Art, Including Gio Ponti, Modernism, European and American Design, Russian Avante-Darde, Art Deco, Craft In The Machine Age, Plastic Dreams etc, (25 Vol.)
***
***
***
Art, Galleries & Designers, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, MusA©e d'Orsay, Guggenheim Collection, The Tremaine Collection, Masterpieces Of The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, etc, (26 Vol.)
***
***
***
Japanese Art & Design, A small library, (21 Vol.)
***
***
***
Asia & China, Art and artifacts, culture and history, (13 Vol.)
***
***
***
Art, Georgia O'Keefe, Joseph Stella, Ori Gersht, Bloomsbury, Salvador Dali, Mark Rothko, Jean-Michel Basquiat, William Baziotes, Andy Warhol, Paul Klee, Jeff Koons etc, (19 vol.)
***
***
***
Art, Jackson Pollock, Brancusi, William Blake, James Rosenquist, Max Ernst, Claes Oldenburg, Peter Blake, Josef Albers, Joe Houston, Moma at NGV and Art Of The Guggenheim Collection, (13 Vol.)
***
***
***
Glass, 'Iittala 120 Years Of Finnish Glass, Complete History With All Designers' published by Arnoldashe, 'The Brilliance Of Swedish Glass 1918-1939' published by Bgc Yale, 'Glass Of The Avante-Garde, From Vienna Secession To Bauhaus' published by P
***
***
***
Photography 'Walker Evans, First and Last' [Secker & Warburg, London, 1978]; 'Sudek' by Sonja Bullaty [Potter, 1978]; 'Robert Rauschenberg Photographs' [Thames & Hudson, 1981]; 'Photographies De Magritte' [Contrejour, 1982]; 'A History of Photogra
***
***
***
Edgar Allan Poe & Edmund Dulac 'The Bells and other Poems' [Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1912], with 28 coloured plates by Dulac. Original cloth; board and spine richly gilt illustrated. First edition.
***
***
***
Richard Wagner & T.W. Rolleston 'Parsifal, or the Legend of the Holy Grail retold from Antient Sources' Illustrated by Willy Pogany [Published by G.G. Harrap & Co, London, 1912] Hardcover 1st Edition, bound in grey-coloured cloth with gilt lettering
***
***
***
Artist Books, A small group including 'Injun & Other Histories (1960) by Claes Oldenburg [1966]; 'Homage to Cavafy' by Duane Michals [1978]; 'Towards A Reasonable End' by Lawrence Weiner; 'Monchengladbach Journal' by Sandro Chia [1983]; 'Pages fro
***
***
***
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968); Richard Hamilton (interprets); George Heard Hamilton (translates) 'The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even. A typographic version by Richard Hamilton of Marcel Duchamp's Green Box, translated by George Heard Ham
***
***
***
Edward Ruscha (USA,1937 - ), Every Building on the Sunset Strip, [Published by Edward Ruscha, Los Angeles, Ca, 1966], Accordion-folded panels showing two facing panoramic views of the Sunset Strip in white paper wrappers with silver lettering, in ca
***
***
N/A
***
Edward Ruscha (USA,1937 - ) A collection of books, comprising of 'Thirty four Parking Lots' [1967, First Edition, First Printing, with the extra folding flap attached to the last page. With original glassine jacket], 'Nine Swimming Pools and a Brokea
***
***
***
1966 Aspen Magazine Vol.1 No. 3 Fab Issue featuring Velvet Underground, Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, J.J.Cale. The Fab issue of Apsen, designed by Andy Warhol and David Dalton. [Roaring Fork Press, Inc., N.Y. 1966]
***
***
***
David Hockney 'Six fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm with original etchings by David Hockney' [Petersburg Press, London, 1970] h/c. also, '72 Drawings by David Hockney' [Jonathan Cape, London, 1971] s/c.
***
***
***
Angus & Hetty MacLise, et al ' Aspen No. 9, Dream Weapon (Winter/Spring)' [New York, Roaring Fork Press, 1970.] Folio. Neon orange, silver, and hot pink illustrated card folio with scalloped inner pockets; silver script lettering on cover.
***
***
***
Amar Chitra Katha Indian comics (37), Starstruck comics (4), Strange Days comics (2), plus five assorted titles, (49 items)
***
***
***
Castleman, Riva [Johns, Jasper] 'Technics and Creativity II, Gemini Gel' [Published by Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1971.]
***
***
***
Gordon Matta-Clark (USA, 1943 - 1978) 'Splitting' [Published by Loft Press, New York, 1974] Oblong 4to. [32] pp. Side stapled printed wraps. Photographic documentation in which the artist made an incision down the centre of a New Jersey home (322
***
***
***
Solomon LeWITT (USA, 1928 - 2007) 'Arcs and Lines'; [Cover title], 'All combinations of arcs from four corners, arcs from four sides, straight lines, not-straight lines, and broken lines' [Published by Editions des Massons, Lausanne, Switzerland, 19
***
***
***
Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987), The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again), [Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York and London, 1975], 1st edition, hard cover with dust jacket, initialled by Warhol on half title. Very clean interior, as new, w
***
***
***
Peter Schjedahl (American 1942 - ) AD Reinhardt, Art Comics and Satires [Published by Truman Gallery, New York, 1976] Seven loose oversized pages (58 x 41 cm), each folded once in half, assembled in a brown paper folder on which has been printed a
***
***
***
Victoria Thorson, Ed. Great Drawings of All Time, The Twentieth Century. Two Volumes in slipcases [Shorewood Fine Art Books, Inc., New York, 1979]
***
***
***
'Bauhaus Fotografie' by Roswitha Fricke (Edition Marzona, 1982); 'Photography at the Bauhaus' edited by Jeannine Fiedler (Mit Press
***
***
***
Bruce Weber - Photographs, 'Bruce Weber' edited by John Cheim [Alfred A. Knopf, 1983]; 'Bruce Weber' [Twelvetrees Press, 1983]; 'An Exhibition by Bruce Weber at Fahey/Klein Gallery - Text by William Burroughs' [Treville Co., 1991]. (3 vols.).
***
***
***
Culture Club A small collection comprising of 2 LPs ('Time' and 'Profile') together with tour brochures and associated publications, circa 1984.
***
***
***
American Architecture 'Modern Architecture - Photographs by Ezra Stoller [Harry N. Abrams, N.Y. 1990]; 'Falling Water' edited by Lynda Waggoner [Rizzoli, N.Y., 2011]; 'A House for an Art Collector' by David Adjaye [Rizzoli, N.Y., 2011];
***
***
***
Art, Design, Interiors & Architecture:A collection of (32) books; mainly hardcover,coffee-table type publications.
***
***
***
Art & Artists, A collection of (31) books,mainly coffee-table types.
***
***
***
The World of Nature, A collection of (36) books on animals, flowers, gardens and plants; mainly
***
***
***
The Naked Male, Etc. 'Somniar Deus - Sonar en Dioses' by Toni Catany & Blai Bonet [Lunwerg, Barcelona, 1993]; 'All of a sudden' by Jack Pierson [powerHouse Books, N.Y., 1995]; 'Fun - Game, Male Models after Dark' Photographs by Lalli; Forward by Br
***
***
***
Male Fashion Icons 'Men without Ties' by Gianna Versace [Leonardo Arte srl, Milan, 1994]; 'Buffalo' by Ray Petri [Westzone, London, 2000]; 'Exhibitionism' by Christopher Makos [Bruno Gmunder, Berlin, 2004] (3 vols., all h/c with d/jackets).
***
***
***
Animation - Disney, Pixar, Marvel, etc. A collection of coffee-table books covering films such as 'The Lion King', 'Toy Story', 'Batman', 'Dr Strange', 'Coco', 'The Good
***
***
***
Collection of vintage Indian posters, lithographs, prints and cards, 20th century, (60 items), the largest 79 x 51 cm
***
***
***
Remains of collection. A small library of books
***
***
***
Wizarding World Publications Based on the film 'Fantastic Beasts and where to find them' - 'The Case of Beasts' by Mark Salisbury and 'The Art of the Film' by Dermot Power and Based on the film 'The Crimes of Grindlewald' - 'The Art of The Crimes of
***
***
***
Six assorted artwork panels, late 20th century, the largest 24 x 72 cm overall
***
***
***
Group of fifteen shell fossils, the largest 13 cm wide
***
***
***
Group of eleven marine fossils including trilobites, crab, shark and megalodon teeth, stingray vertebra and shells, the largest 16 cm long
***
***
***
Three fish fossils and a trilobite fossil, (4 items), the largest 17 cm long
***
***
***
Nine assorted fossils and mineral specimens, the largest 20 cm long
***
***
***
Two fossilised skulls with teeth together with three fossilised teeth, (5 items), largest skull 15 cm long
***
***
***
Fifteen assorted mineral and crystal specimens including amethyst cave and thunder eggs
***
***
***
Twenty assorted crystal and mineral specimens
***
***
***
Twenty six assorted mineral specimens
***
***
***
Twenty assorted mineral specimens, fossils and opals
***
***
***
A Guro dance mask, carved hardwood, Ivory Coast, Africa, 53 cm high
***
***
***
A ceremonial mask with bird totem, carved hardwood, West African origin, 50 cm high
***
***
***
A mask, carved hardwood with remains of ochre and clay decoration, African origin, 67 cm high
***
***
***
A mask, carved hardwood with limed finish, African origin, 44 cm high
***
***
***
A Kanak roof finial, carved wood, New Caledonia, 19th century, 111 cm high
***
***
***
Bambara antelope figural group, carved wood, beaten brass leather and fibre, upper Niger origin, 115 cm high
***
***
***
A Pende tribal mask, carved wood and fibre, Congo, African origin, 122 cm high
***
***
***
A tribal dagger, obsidian and carved parinarium nut (putty nut) with orange pigment, Admiralty Islands, early 20th century, 27 cm long
***
***
***
Tribal conch shell horn, Pacific Islands, 19th century, 36 cm long
***
***
***
A kina shell necklace, Papua New Guinea, early 20th century, shell with fibre cord, pendant 17.5 cm wide
***
***
***
A tribal necklace, carved wood with synthetic rope, Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century, pendant 31 cm wide
***
***
***
An African carved wooden offering statue, 19th/20th century, 20 cm high
***
***
***
Three tribal artefacts, woven fibre, natural earth pigments, shell and cloth, Papua New Guinea, early to mid 20th century, the necklace 66 cm long
***
***
***
Seven assorted stone axe heads, Polynesia, 19th century and earlier, the largest 10 cm long
***
***
***
A tribal pottery bust with remains of piped clay decoration, Papua New Guinea, 19th/20th, 24 cm high
***
***
***
A Yoruba carved wooden funerary vessel, Nigeria, 19th/20th century, 37.5 cm high
***
***
***
A pair of carved and engraved South Seas pearl shells, late 19th century, 23 cm and 22 cm high
***
***
***
A tribal box, carved timber with swivel top lid, 19th/20th century, 13 cm high, 36 cm wide
***
***
***
A Dan, anthropomorphic ceremonial '?po?' spoon, with carved legs, Ivory Coast, Africa, 19th century, 66 cm high
***
***