EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF ART PRINTS, POSTERS AND DECORATIVE PRINTS - 20TH CENTURY

A SUBSTANTIAL COLLECTION OF ART PRINTS, VINTAGE POSTERS, AND DECORATIVE PRINTS SPANNING MULTIPLE ARTISTIC PERIODS AND STYLES FROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY THROUGH THE 20TH CENTURY. THE COLLECTION ENCOMPASSES WORKS REPRESENTING ART NOUVEAU, ART DECO, MID-CENTURY MODERN, AND CONTEMPORARY ILLUSTRATION STYLES.

COLLECTION CONTENTS OVERVIEW:
INCLUDING:

- FINE ART REPRODUCTIONS: VAN GOGH'S STARRY NIGHT, MICHELANGELO'S CREATION OF ADAM, RENAISSANCE AND CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS
- DECORATIVE AND WHIMSICAL PRINTS: CHERUB AND ANGEL STUDIES, NURSERY RHYMES ILLUSTRATIONS (HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE), TEDDY BEAR AND CHILDREN'S THEMED PRINTS
- TRAVEL AND ARCHITECTURAL PRINTS: PARIS AND ROME VINTAGE POSTCARDS AND ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES, VINTAGE TRAVEL POSTERS
- NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION: BUTTERFLY AND INSECT STUDIES, SEA TURTLE AND MARINE LIFE ILLUSTRATIONS, BOTANICAL PRINTS
- VINTAGE POSTERS: CYCLES GLADIATOR ADVERTISING POSTER, EXHIBITION POSTERS, VINTAGE COMMERCIAL ART
- FIGURATIVE AND PORTRAIT STUDIES: CLASSICAL FEMALE FIGURES, EGYPTIAN PORTRAITURE (NEFERTITI), RENAISSANCE STUDIES
- FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS PRINTS: ANTIQUE CHAIR DESIGNS, ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT STUDIES

ARTISTIC PERIODS REPRESENTED:
THE COLLECTION SPANS MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT ARTISTIC MOVEMENTS INCLUDING ART NOUVEAU (1890-1910), ART DECO (1920-1940), AND MID-CENTURY MODERN (1940-1970) PERIODS. SEVERAL PRINTS DEMONSTRATE THE CHARACTERISTIC STYLISTIC ELEMENTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ERAS, INCLUDING FLOWING ORGANIC FORMS OF ART NOUVEAU, GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION OF ART DECO, AND MODERNIST SIMPLIFICATION OF MID-CENTURY DESIGN.

CONDITION ASSESSMENT:
THE COLLECTION DISPLAYS VARIABLE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND STORAGE HISTORY. FOXING IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT, PARTICULARLY ON OLDER PRINTS. EDGE WEAR AND MINOR CREASING ARE EVIDENT ON MULTIPLE ITEMS. SEVERAL PRINTS SHOW WATER STAINING AND AGE-RELATED DISCOLOURATION TO PAPER. COLOUR FADING IS VISIBLE ON POSTERS EXPOSED TO LIGHT. MINOR TEARS TO EDGES AND WARPING FROM STORAGE CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT ON SELECT PIECES. DESPITE THESE AGE-RELATED CHARACTERISTICS, THE COLLECTION REMAINS LARGELY LEGIBLE AND DISPLAYABLE.

STORAGE AND PRESENTATION:
THE PRINTS ARE CURRENTLY STORED IN WOODEN SHELVING UNITS WITH CARDBOARD DIVIDERS, ORGANISED BY SUBJECT CATEGORY WITH HANDWRITTEN LABELS (KK, LL, MM DESIGNATIONS VISIBLE). THIS ORGANISATION SYSTEM SUGGESTS PREVIOUS CURATORIAL INTENT AND MAY ASSIST IN CATALOGUING INDIVIDUAL PIECES.

PROVENANCE:
THE COLLECTION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD, SUGGESTING A COLLECTOR'S ACCUMULATION RATHER THAN A SINGLE-SOURCE ACQUISITION. THE VARIETY OF PRINTING TECHNIQUES, PAPER STOCKS, AND PUBLICATION SOURCES INDICATES SOURCING FROM MULTIPLE DEALERS AND PERIODS.

POTENTIAL FOR INDIVIDUAL CATALOGUING:
WHILE PRESENTED AS A COLLECTION LOT, INDIVIDUAL PRINTS WITHIN THIS ASSEMBLAGE MAY POSSESS INDIVIDUAL VALUE, PARTICULARLY THE VAN GOGH, MICHELANGELO, AND PERIOD ADVERTISING POSTERS. SPECIALIST DEALERS IN VINTAGE POSTERS AND ART REPRODUCTIONS MAY FIND VALUE IN SELECTIVE PIECES FOR RESALE OR FURTHER CATALOGUING.

DISPLAY AND USE:
THE PRINTS ARE SUITABLE FOR FRAMING AND DISPLAY IN RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL INTERIOR SETTINGS. THE DIVERSITY OF SUBJECT MATTER AND ARTISTIC STYLES PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY FOR VARIOUS DECORATIVE APPLICATIONS. THE COLLECTION WOULD APPEAL TO INTERIOR DESIGNERS, COLLECTORS OF VINTAGE ADVERTISING, ART HISTORY ENTHUSIASTS, AND THOSE SEEKING PERIOD-APPROPRIATE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS FOR THEMED INTERIORS.

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

11672+29

Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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