Australian Ballet. Drawings by Trevor Clare
Adelaide, Frank E. Cork, [1944].
Large quarto, 23 pages with 8 vignette illustrations and 11 tipped-in monochrome plates (one in colour) by Trevor Clare.
Stiffened overlapping silver-speckled red wrappers (with a twelfth large monochrome plate mounted on the front cover); edges lightly bumped; a fine copy.
'The drawings and sketches in this book are not intended to be a comprehensive record. They are selected at random from the young artist's typical back-stage impressions formed in the fascinating atmosphere of wings and back-stage'. Offered together with a large pastel drawing, captioned in the image 'Joan Gadsden [in] Swan Lake', signed and dated 'Trevor Clare 44'. Mounted and glazed, in a contemporary frame (visible image size 525 × 385 mm); although the acidic matt and mount have discoloured the artwork, the overall condition is very good. The drawing is reproduced in the book (tipped in on page [9], with the caption 'Swan Lake in chalk' printed below the image). A few related catalogues and newspaper cuttings are also present. Trevor Clare (1917-2006) was a well-known South Australian art teacher and artist, who illustrated a number of books in the 1940s. [2 items].
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