Australia - Art

Antoni Clavé Papier froissé, 1975 Lithograph Hand signed lower right Edition 59/170 Frame size: 50.5 x 66 cm One of the most internationally renowned contemporary Catalan artists, w...

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri was the son of Papalya Nangala and Waku Tjungurrayi, an old man who had three wives (Papalya and two of her siste...

As one of the last generation to remember a childhood lived in the desert hunting and gathering with her family, Walangkura Napanangka's paintings recall the stories of country and the location of specific sites in her traditional homeland west of the salt lake of Karrkurutinjinya (Lake Macdonald). Born around 1946, at Tjitururrnga west of Kintore, in the remote and arid country between the Northern Territory and Western Australia, she lived with her father Rantji Tjapangati and mother Inyuwa Nampitjinpa and later, while still a teenager, travelled by foot with her family over the hundreds of kilometres from their remote desert home eventually joining Uta Uta Tjangala's group as they walked in to the settlements of Haasts Bluff and then Papunya. The lure of settlement life with its promise of plentiful food and water belied the harsh conversion they would make to an alien lifestyle with its many problems and unfamiliar demands. The upheaval however, was ameliorated to some degree by the proximity of her immediate family including her mother Inyuwa, adoptive father Tutuma Tjapangati, and sister Pirrmangka Napanangka (now deceased) all of whom became artists. Relocated to the community of Kintore in 1981 when the outstation movement began, Walangkura participated in the historic women's collaborative painting project (1994) that was initiated by the older women as a means of re-affirming their own spiritual and ancestral roots. It was a time of specifically female singing, ceremony and painting, away from the gaze of outsiders and men folk. The huge and colourful canvases that emerged from the women's camp were 'alive with the ritual excitement and narrative intensity of the occasion' (Johnson 2000: 197). Within a year, Papunya Tula Artists, now established at Kintore, had taken on many of these women as full-time artists, revitalising the company after the deaths of many of the original 'painting men'. While individual women forged their own stylistic trajectory, these paintings were immediately distinguishable from the men's more cerebral and symmetrical style. They radiated an exuberant and vibrant energy, the felt heart-beat of women's affinity to country and spirit. Walangkura's early works, created from 1996 onward, are characterized by masses of small markings and motifs covering large areas of canvas. Her favorite colour, a deep sandy orange predominates, accentuated against more somber blacks and reds and dusky greens or yellows. More recent works show a gestural quality though still tightly packed with an intensity of geometric line work representing sandhills. In a sense this provides a strong visual and contextual link to the men's linear style as exemplified by the works of George Tjungurrayi...

David Shrigley -- I am happy, 2022 70 x 50 cm It is created from the unique work: Untitled (I am happy) (2021) Printed on 200g Munken Lynx paper Printed by ...

Joan Miro Femme dans la nuit (Woman in the Night), Plate IX From: Constellations, 1959 Lithograph in colours with pochoir From the edition of 350 Sheet size 43.1 x 35.5 cm Printed b...

Kawase Hasui Torii Gate at Miyajima in the Inland Sea of Japan, 1930s First Edition Color woodcut on Japanese paper, with the artist's red seal Sui, with margin Sheet size 9 1/4 x 14...

Joan Miro FEMME ASSISE IV/V, from the Femmes Portfolio, 1965 Edition: 50; 10 HC Image size: 45.5 x 33 cm Paper Size: 56 x 45 cm Signed in the plate Publisher: Arte Adrien Maeght, Pa...

Utagawa Kunisada Chinese Woman and Butterflies, Surimono, 1820 Sheet size 20.6 x 18.2 cm Poems by Shinrintei Komori. Signed Gototei Kunisada ga Superbly printed metallic (silver and...

Pablo Picasso Untitled from Le Cocu Magnifique, 1966 Etching with aquatint Hand signed lower right Numbered 12 / 30 mage size: 22.5 × 32.5 cm Frame size: 50.5 x 58 x 2 cm Published ...

'The Century Atlas. Michigan, Northern Part' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 29.5cm by 40cm.

French men's fashion design from 'La Revue de l'Homme' a Parisien fashion periodical. 370mm by 270mm (sheet)

Joan Miro FEMME V/VI, from the Femmes Portfolio, 1965 Edition: 50; 10 HC Image size: 33.5 x 19 cm Paper Size: 56 x 45 cm Signed in the plate Publisher: Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris Re...

Etruscan Vase-painting Copper-line engraving with later hand-colouring. 1808. From Millin's 'Peintures de Vases Antiques' published in Paris in 1808. Depicts scene from an ancient ...

'Blattpflanzen I' (Leaf Plants) German chromolithograph, circa 1910. Key in German to the varieties at the bottom of the image. Central vertical fold as issued. 245mm by 305mm (s...

'Begonia dichroa', native to Mexico. Antique botanical lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1912, lithographed by John Nugent Fitch...

'Alexandria' A view of the great harbour from a little behind the shoreline. Cornelis de Bruijn was a Dutch artist and traveler. He is best known for his drawings of the ruins of ...

David Shrigley -- I received a clonk to the head, 2021 70 x 50 cm Printed on 200g Munken Lynx paper Printed by Narayana Press in Denmark Unnumbered from the Edition of 250 Unsigned ...

KAWS 400% Mad Hectic Kubrick, 2003 Painted cast vinyl 10 h × 6¾ w × 3½ d in (25 × 17 × 9 cm) Stamped signature and date to reverse '© KAWS..03'. Impressed title and manufacturer's ...

Paul Guiramand Rencontre des cavaliers, 1983 Lithograph Hand signed low right Edition EA Image 64 x 44.2 cm Sheet 73 x 56 cm Unframed

'The Rostrated Ray' (Eastern Shovelnose Ray) Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1794, by Frederick Polydore Nodder (fl.1770 – 1800). 110mm by 195mm (platemark) 125...

Title: Entre deux Villes. Year: 1955. Lithograph. Edition: 129/150 65 x 50 cm Signature lower in pencil. Ll'Ouvree gravee dry stamp lower left. At the b...

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Hiroshige Ando 1797-1858) Title: Haneda ferry and Benten Shrine (Haneda no watashi Benton no yashiro) Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景) ...

Duck in Snow 雪中芦に鴨 [Reproduction] Woodblock Print Size: 39 * 18 cm Edition: 20th Century Reproduction Condition: Very good color, impression, and state, embellished with embossing. ...

MacDonald of Glengarry (Tartan) Chromolithograph. 1886. From 'The Tartans of the Clans of Scotland', by James Grant, 1886. 365mm by 265mm (sheet). Accompanied by a sheet of desc...

​The Description ​Foundational Study No. 24(D) represents the final, ethereal evolution of the F.S. 24 series within the Rebecca Wing Sze Lam Atelier. After the structural rigidity o...

'Convento di agagna nell' Isola Guam. Occupazioni domestiche in Guam.' Italian lithograph, c1841. Originally from 'Galleria universale di tutti i popoli del mondo' by Giuseppe Anton...

Roy Lichtenstein  Brushstrokes, 1967 Screenprint Pencil signed and numbered 101/300 in lower right. Image size 22.75" x 30.75" Frame size 31" x  39" High gloss finished frame in ...

David Shrigley -- Do not fuck about with it, 2021 70 x 50 cm Printed on 200g Munken Lynx paper Printed by Narayana Press in Denmark Unnumbered from the Edition of 250 Unsigned FREE...

Totems is an installation of three bronze sculptures (gum wood bases) by contemporary English sculptor Oliver Ashworth-Martin, dimensions are 24 × 35 × 9 cm (9.4 × 13.8 × 3.5 in). Th...

Traces VII is a unique concrete sculpture by contemporary English sculptor Oliver Ashworth-Martin, dimensions are 39 × 13 × 13 cm (15.4 × 5.1 × 5.1 in). This sculpture is signed by t...

Nick Thomm - ONYX - Dusk (XL SIZE 36" x 48"). Limited Edition #15 of 25. Hand Signed & Numbered. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Paper. Condition: NEW - Unopene...

'Kloakentiere' (Monotremes - echidna and platypus)) German wood-engraving, circa 1895. 240mm by 155mm (sheet)

'Echium Glaucophyllum - Sea-green-leaved Viper's Bugloss' Native of Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews...

French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Signed by artist in the plate. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of sporti...

'Le Compliment ou La Matinee du Jour de L'an, Dediee aux Peres de Famille' (The Compliment, or New Year's Morning, Dedicated to the Fathers of the Family) and it's pair 'Les Bouquets...

'Orden I (Orden der Deutschen Staaten)' (Orders I (German States) German chromolithograph, circa 1895. Central vertical fold as issued. 240mm by 305mm (sheet)

Achondrite – Eucalyptus & Bronze is a unique bronze and wood sculpture by contemporary English sculptor Oliver Ashworth-Martin, dimensions are 18 x 17 x 16 cm (7.1 × 6.7 × 6.3 in...

'Side Board' From George Hepplewhite's 'Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide', published by I. and J. Taylor in 1788. These engravings are the only evidence of Hepplewhite's style ...

Phases is a unique pastel, archival board drawing by contemporary English sculptor Oliver Ashworth-Martin, dimensions including oak frame are 75 × 75 cm (29.5 × 29.5 in). This drawin...

'Cappella Sistina in Vaticano. Un giorno di Festa' Tinted lithograph by Philippe Benoist (1813-1881). From a French series titled 'Rome dans Sa Gr...

'Viliers Costret' Copper-line engraving by Matthaeus Merian. From 'Topographia Galliae', a fine series of engravings of 17th-century French landscapes, gardens, buildings and citi...

'Masdevallias' Flowers are numbered with a key to the varieties below the image. Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.

Immortals III is a bronze sculpture (gum wood base) by contemporary English sculptor Oliver Ashworth-Martin, dimensions are 13 × 16 × 15 cm (5.1 × 6.3 × 5.9 in). This sculpture is si...

Colour-printed lithograph by Ernst Wasmuth. Published in Berlin in 1883. From "Griechische Keramik", Genick's superb work on Greek ceramics.

'Prosp du Chasteau et Bourg de Tanlay' Copper-line engraving by Matthaeus Merian. From 'Topographia Galliae', a fine series of engravings of 17th-century French landscapes, garden...

Utagawa KUNIYOSHI Konkoryu Rishu from '108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden', 1830 Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga Oban Sheet size: 38.2 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Kaga-ya Kichibei Konkoryu...

'Antirrhinum Orontium' Mezzotint printed in colours. Circa 1740. From Johann W Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia, published in Regensburg 1737-45. The first botanical series to u...

'College Ste Barbe. Facade sur la rue Valette a Paris, par Mr L Heureux, Archte' French architectural chromolithograph. From 'La Brique Ordinaire', by J Lacroux, 1878. A series of ...

Copper-line engraving. C1768. Delafosse was a French decorative designer, engraver and architect. Apprenticed for a time to a sculptor, by 1767 he styled himself an 'architect and professor of design'. He published the first volume of his most important work, 'Nouvelle Iconologie Historique' in 1768, containing 110 plates of his designs for furniture, decorative arts and architectural...

'Arundel Mill and Castle' Mezzotint on steel by David Lucas (1802-1881) after John Constable (1776–1836). From 'English Landscape Scenery', 1855. John Constable RA was an English Romantic landscape...

'Mastiff' Copper-line engraving by J Scott (1774-1827) after Philip Reinagle (1749-1815), 1803. Philip Reinagle was one of the best of the sporting a...

'The Discobolus' Photogravure after Donald Macbeth. Donald Macbeth was a commercial photographer who seems to have held a quasi-official position at the British Museum, where he reg...

Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with water...

Baroque 17th century German fountain design Copper-line engraving, published in 1664 in Nuremberg. From 'Architectura Curiosa Nova' by George Andreas B...

Religious copper-line engraving by CM after Francesco Petrucci after (Paolo Caliari) Veronese. Depicts Saint Benedict and other holy figures. Paolo Vero...

French men's fashion design published as a Supplement to 'L'Homme et Le Maitre Tailleur', a Parisien fashion periodical. Jean Darroux was a Parisien tailor, who designed several seri...

'German Wolf Trap' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) and Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822) after Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822). From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports'. Sam...

Title : 'Grand Cricket Match, played in Lord's Ground Mary-le-bone, on June 20th and following day between the Earl's of Winchelsea and darnley for 1000 Guineas.' Publication line ...

'Ivy Bridge near Plymouth' Engraving by F Chesham after Paul Sandby (1731-1809). From Paul Sandby's 'The Virtuosi's Museum, Containing Select Views in England, Scotland, and Irelan...

'David Livingstone, The African Explorer' Steel-engraving. C1850. 160mm by 125mm (image) 260mm by 170mm (sheet) David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and African explorer. ...