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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  29 May 2021 ~ 11am (AEST) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 684
  30 May 2021 ~ 11am (AEST) - Session 2: Lots 685 - 1314
• Lot #:
  1116
• Lot Description:
  Melbourne: Popular print Art Group – Eureka 1854 – 1954
  A portfolio comprising of four unbound sheets of letterpress and fourteen linocuts produced by ten artists from the left wing Melbourne collective sympathetic to the unionist sentiments of the Ballarat miners. The cover has a tipped-on original Noel Counihan linocut printed in light blue ink. The portfolio was produced in an edition of 500 copies, priced at 7/6. Full contents: Peter Lalor (silk screen) / by Ray Wenban; ‘’Joe! Joe! The traps are coming” / by Noel Counihan; The licence hunt / by Pat O’Connor; The magistrate / by Noel Counihan; On Bakery Hill / by Noel Counihan; Burn the licences! / by Peter Miller; Building the stockade / by Ailsa O’Connor; The blacksmith / by Len Gale; The blacksmith / by Ernie McFarlane; The sly-grog seller / by Peter Miller; The sentry / by Maurice Carter; The pikemen / by Peter Miller; Trampling the flag / by Naomi Shipp; After the battle / by Mary Zuvella.
  A folio of lino-cuts,
  14 art prints : 23 x 29cm
  Endorsed on inside front cover “To Eddie, with affection, Xmas ‘54, Noel [Counihan]”
• Estimate:
  A$1,000 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Affordable Art

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