Josef Lebovic Gallery Celebrating 43 Years • Established 1977 Australian and international original prints and drawings from old master to 20th century, vintage photography from 1850’s to 21st century. Australian posters and printed ephemera. Member: AA&ADA • A&NZAAB • IVPDA (USA) • AIPAD (USA) • IFPDA (USA)
Josef and Jeanne Lebovic 103a Anzac Parade, Kensington, NSW Postal: PO Box 93, Kensington NSW 2033 +61 2 9663 4848 0411 755 887 josef@joseflebovicgallery.com www.joseflebovicgallery.com Open: Wednesday to Saturday by chance or by appointment
Gert Sellheim (Aust., 1901-1970). Corroboree. Australia, 1935. Colour lithograph, signed in image lower left, (100.4 x 62.4cm). Pinholes to repaired corners, repaired slight tears, creases and minor soiling. Linen-backed $9,900 Text includes “Australian National Travel Association...F.W. Niven Pty Ltd, Melb.” Held in NGA; and Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences with the comment “Gert Sellheim was one of the earliest designers commissioned by the Australian National Travel Association (ANTA) to produce designs for Australian travel posters. Established in 1929, ANTA aspired to attract overseas visitors to Australia by displaying artist designed posters in its London, San Francisco and Bombay offices(directed at the British serving in India)…‘Corroboree Australia’ illustrates the designer Gert Sellheim’s strikingly modernist incorporation, and early reference to the art and culture of Aboriginal Australia as a significant aspect of Australian culture and identity.” Ref CL189/50
Clive Wallis (Aust., 1909-1983). Drama, c1940s. Etching, titled in plate lower centre, editioned 1/50, annotated “3rd state” and signed in pencil in lower margin, (21.6 x 33cm). Minor foxing overall, pinholes to margins. Provenance: Clive Wallis estate in 1988. CL160/130 $2,500 Clive Wallis was by all accounts a private man. He studied at Julian Ashton’s Sydney Art School where he was most likely taught etching by Sydney Long. Some of his bookplate designs were published, yet he was not known to have exhibited any work. His erotic art seems to have been a private project, as these etching plates were discovered after his death in the eaves of a large 19th century house in Hunters Hill where he lived with his brother.
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