Early Australian + International Art - 3

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Australian colonial art trompe l'oeil
An very rare Australian Trompe L’oeil

Signed “A A Shepherd” on a calling card in the work and dated Melbourne, 1893 on the newspaper depicted
Pen, ink and watercolour
Framed in a period rosewood frame, 54 x 71 cm
​$1,450 incl GST
Picture
Emile Bernard (France 1868 - 1941)
La Fileuse (The Spinner), 1892
Zincograph
Signature lower left and dated in the plate in the shadow to the right with Bernard’s leaf symbol and ‘92’ in reverse 


​A proof aside from the numbered edition of 200 
22 x 33 cm
​$950 incl GST

* Emile Bernard and Gauguin were close friends and held joint exhibitions of their zincographs, including at the Volpini Cafe in Paris. Both artists printed the plates themselves, using selective wiping and watercolour for each impression, the result being that Bernard’s prints are not only rare but each impression is unique. A zincograph is an etching printed on a zinc plate (instead of steel or copper) - this gives a broader, softer line than other, harder, metals but results in the plate wearing out quickly so only a few impressions can be taken from the plate and further contributing to the rarity of these works

Bernard was interested in medieval standards of honour and here depicts a scene from one of Jean Moreas’s poems, published in 1886 from his Cantilene series where a young girl patiently spins while waiting for her (unfaithful) husband to return from his adventures 

Bernard was also good friends with Picasso and an influential person in the Arts of the period.
Archibald Collins
Archibald Collins ( Australian 1853 - 1942)
The Cavalier
Oil on canvas in original frame
Initialed lower right.
24.5 x 18 cm
​$295 incl GST
Set of Italian Classical Scenes (4)
Nineteenth Century engravings
Price: $345 each ​Incl. GST
Gum trees
A framed watercolour of a landscape with gumtrees 
36 x 26.5 cm
​$185 incl GST
M Boyce
M. Boyce
'Gnair'
Winner 1936 SA Centenary Great Eastern Steeplechase
Oil on board
Price: $1,450 ​Incl. GST
Picture
Anthony Van Dyck (Flemish 1599 - 1641)
Frans Franken the Elder 
Etching by Van Dyck 4th state of 7.
c. 1635 From the Gillis Hendricx edition, printed 1645 
20.5 x 16 cm with good margins

This fine and rare impression of an early state is the fourth state before 'Vranx' was changed to 'Franck', with small margins.  It is signed in the plate lower left 'Ant. Van Dyck fecit aqua forti', and further inscribed with the sitters name and the inscription Antwerpiae Pictor Humanarvm Figvrarvm. It is further inscribed in pencil lower right, in a contemporary hand "No. 39" (possibly its position in Hendrickx’s Iconographie?) and is also initialled in the plate "G.H." for the publisher, Gillis Hendricx. Minimal engraved additions which is limited to a pillar behind Francken's head which was done by another hand, but within Van Dyck's lifetime.

Francken, who was one of the leading Antwerp artists of his time, was a member of the older generation of artists etched by Van Dyck and was registered in the Guild of St Luke as master in 1567. He painted large altarpieces and smaller 'cabinet' pictures.

Francken's death in 1616 means that Van Dyck must have relied on existing portraits for his etching.

Provenance: Christies, London, 1974 
Private Collection, Adelaide

SOLD
Albert Cooke
Albert C. Cooke (Aust 1836 - 1902)
Pulpit Rock, Cape Schank, Vic., circa 1870
23 x 34 cm
Watercolour
Price: $2,400 Incl. GST



​*An original drawing for the engraving that appeared in the Illustrated Australian News,
​Jan 31, 1870. Further research available.
Van der Velde
A 19th Century print of a shipping scene after the original by W. Van der Velde
In original gilt frame
33.5 x 26.5 cm framed
Price: $485 ​Incl. GST

Picture
James Ferries (Aust. 1875-1951)
Morning Flinders Rangers
Oil on canvas
31 x 45.5cm
$1,350 ​Incl. GST
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