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.
Art — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Auction House:
| Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd. | |
|---|---|
| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Art
- Prints - Posters (677)
- Watercolours, Other Works on Paper (157)
- Zother (24)
This site contains only a limited number of works of art sold in Australia and New Zealand, and is not representative of the art market for any artist. For a comprehensive art database visit our specialist site, Australian Art Sales Digest which includes over 400,000 works auctioned in Australia and New Zealand by over 30,000 artists, covering the period from the early 1970s to the present day.
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | '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' | *** |  |
| *** | '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. | *** |  |
| *** | [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 | *** |  |
| *** | '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 | *** |  |
| *** | 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. | *** |  |
| *** | 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.,… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Australia's Duty', letterpress poster printed by A.J. Mullett, Melbourne, backed on linen. Condition: A. 102 x 77 cm. Text continues 'We must reinforce those brave soldiers who are fighting the battle of freedom and justice. The call is now upon every… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Gad, They'Ve Been Fighting All Night', artist Will Mahony (Australian, 1905-1989), original artwork in pen and ink with pencil, captions within image, signed in ink lower left and titled in pencil below image, typed title on a slip of newsprint and… | *** |  |
| *** | TAA travel poster 'Fly TAA the Friendly Way, Alice Springs Darwin', showing Aboriginal corroboree, and Vickers Viscount below, colour process lithograph, linen-backed, 60 x 96 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Advertising poster Tooheys Pilsener export Lager, artwork by Walter Jardine, colour lithograph, printed by William Brooks & Co, size 45 x 58 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Roy Leitch (Australian): 'Mosque Tomb', watercolour, signed lower right, image size 71 x 39 cm, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 96 x 65 cm | *** |  |
| *** | J.R. Charton (Britain/Malaya, active 1920s–1940s), travel in Comfort by Malayan railway, c1933 colour lithograph, signed in image lower left, 72.5 x 53 cm. Linen-backed, printed by Caxton press Ltd, Kuala Lumpur.', in 1933 artist J.R. Charton designed… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Learn to Earn Through the RAAF Educational Services', colour lithograph poster, dated '1944-45' in image lower right. Condition: A-. 38 x 25.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'Stand Behind the United Nations. Guard the Peace in the Regular Army', Australian colour silkscreen poster, backed on linen. Condition: B-. 49 x 36 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 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, linen-backed, size… | *** |  |
| *** | Black Forest blinker hanging cuckoo clock with oil painted zinc panel portrait of a young girl with eyes that move to the beat of the pendulum, circa 1855, 45 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | Advertising poster, 'Cie.de St.Gobain, Fondee En 1665 - Societe Anonyme Capital 161 Millions, Engrais Pour Vignes, Superphosphates, Sulfate de Fer, Sulfate de Cuivre, Bouillie Ouprique', artwork by Charlem, printed by Maus,Delhalle & Urban, Paris,… | *** |  |
| *** | Travel poster, 'New Zealand/ Sail Matson/ SS Mariposa, SS Monterey', lithographed in USA, linen-backed, overall 49 x 71 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Colonial musk picture frame, Tasmanian origin, mid 19th century. Housing an antique engraving portrait of Rev.d John Allen Manton, 34 x 29 cm, internal not including gilt slip 24 x 19 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage print of a leopard in parquetry timber frame, 87 x 67 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | [Russian Asia and Northern China, Khazakstan and Mongolia], Speed, John (1552 - 1629), A Newe Mape of Tartary augmented by John Speede, hand-coloured copper engraving with wonderful scenes and, native types on three sides of the frame. circa 1676, overall… | *** |  |
| *** | Edward Backhouse (1808 - 1879), a chain Gang. Convicts Going to work NR Sidney, N. S. Wales, hand coloured engraving, inscribed in image lower left 'Edwd Backhouse 1842', 6 x 30.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | lithograpahs, signed in pencil in the lower margins, each 28 x 38 cm overall Salvador Dali (1904-1989), I.) Kissing Tulips, II.) Pirates Gladioli, II.) Carnation Keys, IV.) Dahlia Rapax, colour lithographs, signed in pencil in the lower margins, each 28 x… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Aitken's Brewery, Victoria parade, Melbourne, established 1854', colour lithograph of the new Carlton Brewery on the corner of Powlett Street in East Melbourne, circa 1860, 10 x 18 cm, 33 x 41 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Two vintage Australia Post framed posters, circa 1950s, 34 x 46 cm and 44 x 33.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 1914 theatre poster 'Au Casino, on Tour Around the World. Frank J.Sidney & Company, in a Most Original and Sensational Combination, a Morning in a Sportsman's Garden', printed by H.pole & Co. Print, Brisbane, overall 38 x 102. Very attractive with… | *** |  |
| *** | John D. Lennox, (Australian, 1941-96): 'Bell's garden', oil on canvas, signed & titled on reverse, 50 x 60 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Singed and framed 'Michelin' oil painting on canvas, by Gay Dutton | *** |  |
| *** | Advertising poster, 'Tasmanian snowflake Potatoes', colour lithograph, linen-backed, size 82 x 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Advertising poster, 'Tasmanian/ Carrots and Parsnips', colour lithograph, linen-backed, size 82 x 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | C1930s advertising poster/showcard 'Abbots Lager, Best of Health', artwork by James Northfield, mounted on card, with two string holes at top, size 54 x 29 cm. Condition B- (small fault at left), (illustrated in 'James Northfield, the Art of Selling… | *** |  |
| *** | C1930s advertising poster/showcard 'Melbourne Bitter, Here's - the Best', artwork by James Northfield (faint signature lower left), mounted on card, with two string holes at top, size 54 x 29 cm. Condition B. | *** |  |
| *** | C1930s advertising poster/showcard 'Abbotsford Invalid Stout', printed by Sands & McDougall Offset Printers, Melbourne, mounted on card, with two string holes at top, size 37 x 49 cm. Condition B. | *** |  |
| *** | C1930s advertising poster/showcard 'Foster's Lager, Most Nourishing', printed by Sands and McDougall, Melbourne, mounted on card, with two string holes at top, and 'Victoria Bitter' printed on reverse, size 35 x 49 cm. Condition B. | *** |  |
| *** | C1950s travel poster 'Along, the Way of TWA. Egypt, the Bazaar in Cairo. Coloroto By TWA.Trans World Airlines', colour process lithograph, linen-backed, size 88 x 72 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Thake, Eric (1904-82, Australian), 'The Plume Hunter', linocut signed, inscribed and dated 1951, 66/150, size, 15 x 21 cm. Stain to lower margin. Window mounted, overall, 41 x 51 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Thake, Eric (1904-82, Australian), 'In the Nude! Oh, Mr. Thake', linocut signed, inscribed and dated 1963, 16/40, size, 15 x 21 cm. Window mounted, overall, 41 x 51 cm | *** |  |
| *** | World War II Anglo-Soviet propaganda poster, 'Unenviable Function. The Policeman, Servile, Without Ambition, Serves His Master, Adolf!', artwork by V.Goryaev showing Petain (dressed as policeman) tying up Marianne, printed by Stafford & Co, Nottingham,… | *** |  |
| *** | Eric Thake (1904-82, Australian): 'The Plume Hunter', linocut signed, inscribed and dated 1951, 66/150, size 15 x 21 cm. Stain to lower margin. Window mounted, overall 41 x 51 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Eric Thake (1904-82, Australian): 'In the nude! Oh, Mr.Thake', linocut signed, inscribed and dated 1963, 16/40, size 15 x 21 cm. Window mounted, overall 41 x 51 cm | *** |  |