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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  13 Jun 2020 ~ 12noon (AEST) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 667
  14 Jun 2020 ~ 12noon (AEST) - Session 2: Lots 668 - 941
• Lot #:
  739
• Lot Description:
  Gert SELLHEIM (Estonia, Australia, 1901-1970) - AUSTRALIA [Boomerang]
  1957 colour and process lithograph, signed in image upper right, 100 x 63cm. Linen-backed. Text continues “Australian National Travel Association, Railway Building, Flinders Street, Melbourne. 153 Kearny Street, San Francisco, Cal., USA. Litho., McLaren & Co. Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia. No. 115.”
• Notes:
  The appropriation of Aboriginal imagery became a characteristic of postwar modernism within Australian art and culture. To achieve a distinctly Australian look, inspiration for travel posters was drawn from the X-ray art style, from rock paintings and from Aboriginal material culture. Aboriginal motifs, such as the boomerang, were often tempered with non-Aboriginal motifs such as swimsuit-clad women or sheep.
• Estimate:
  A$1,500 - 2,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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