A folio of linocuts

by V. G. O’Connor.

A$750 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Sydney : Port Jackson Press, 1980. Folio. buckram portfolio (a few light marks), Foreword letterpress sheet, title sheet (slightly creased), five original linocuts, each titled, numbered, signed and dated 1949/80, a fine set. Printed in an edition of 75 copies, at the Whaling Road, Studio, North Sydney. A rare set of early linocuts by the Melbourne social realist, each created prior to 1949 and published in 1980 by the Sydney atelier of Port Jackson Press, established in 1975 by David Rankin. The titles are Pumpkin Seller, Going Home I, Going Home II, Winter Sunshine, and The Park. Two examples recorded in public collections (National Gallery of Australia, State Library of New South Wales).

• Binding: Hardcover

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