[Art Catalogue]. BOYD, Penleigh (organiser)

European Art Exhibition for Australia... Town Hall, Sydney. July 1923 [cover title]

Sydney, 'Printed ... by Radcliffe Press ... by Authority from Penleigh Boyd', 1923.

Quarto, [20] pages plus 15 plates and an acknowledgements page.

Printed wrappers with a large colour plate ('Hop Pickers' by A.J. Munnings) mounted on the front cover; wrappers a little marked and unevenly discoloured; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy.

All 581 items were for sale; the original price-list is attached to the recto of the rear cover with a small piece of tape. The foreword to the British section was written by 'the famous English critic' Mr P.G. Konody, 'whose untiring efforts have been largely responsible for the collecting of the English Section'. Acknowledgement was also made to 'Mr C. Lloyd Jones, Mons. G. Manoury (Paris) and Professor Max Schlichting (Germany), whose interest and co-operation have greatly assisted in the success of the Exhibition'.

Item #134648

Price (AUD): $150.00
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