Weaver Hawkins
(1893 - 1977)
THROUGH THE AIR, 1965
linocut
34.0 x 39.0 cm (image)
38.0 x 43.0 cm (sheet)
62.5 x 66.5 cm (frame)
edition: 4/8
monogramed and dated in image lower right: R 65
signed, numbered and inscribed with title below image: 'Through the air' Lino. 4/8 Weaver Hawkins ('Raokin').
Estimate:
$500 - $800
Sold:
$1,964 (inc. BP)
© Weaver Hawkins Estate, 2025
lot details
38.0 x 43.0 cm (sheet)
62.5 x 66.5 cm (frame)
monogramed and dated in image lower right: R 65
signed, numbered and inscribed with title below image: 'Through the air' Lino. 4/8 Weaver Hawkins ('Raokin').
Private collection
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Annual Exhibition of Sydney Printmakers, Blaxland Galleries, Sydney, 1 – 11 September 1965, cat. 18 (another example)
H. F. Weaver Hawkins, Macquarie Galleries, Canberra, 23 September – 10 October 1976, cat. 23 (another example)
Literature
Chanin, E. and Miller, S., The Art and Life of Weaver Hawkins, Craftsman House, Melbourne, 1995, fig. 24, pp. 207 (illus., another example), 236
Related Works
Ballet Africain, 1965, linocut on paper, 49.2 x 59.7 cm, in the collection of Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art