Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Hurrell - Hanrahan - Wyatt - Bainbridge

George Hurrell
Douglas Fairbanks, Junior
1933
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

George Hurrell
Hedy Lamarr
1935
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

George Hurrell
Johnny Weissmuller
1933
toned gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

George Hurrell
Tyrone Power and Loretta Young
1937
gelatin silver print
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami

Barbara Hanrahan
Superficial Nerves on the Side of the Neck
and Back of the Scalp

1965
screenprint
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Barbara Hanrahan
Pink Family
1977
screenprint
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Barbara Hanrahan
The General and Mata Hari
1976
lithograph
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Barbara Hanrahan
The General Gives Up All For Mata Hari
1976
lithograph
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Matthew Digby Wyatt
Portion of a Silver Shield
1852
chromolithograph
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Matthew Digby Wyatt
Gold Vase enriched with Jewels and Enamels
by Watherston & Brogden of London

1852
chromolithograph
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Matthew Digby Wyatt
Cashmere Shawl from Delhi
1852
chromolithograph
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Matthew Digby Wyatt
Cashmere Scarf-End
1852
chromolithograph
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

John Bainbridge
An Invitation
ca. 1955
lithograph
(poster for London Transport)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

John Bainbridge
Poster-ise and Publicise with Colour
1953
watercolor and gouache on paper
(print study for poster)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

John Bainbridge
Posters: Colour Giants of Publicity
1952
watercolor and gouache on paper
(print study for poster)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

John Bainbridge
Remington Noiseless
1957
lithograph (poster)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Sonnets from China

                                 XIII

Far from a cultural centre he was used:
Abandoned by his general and his lice,
Under a padded quilt he turned to ice
And vanished. He will never be perused

When this campaign is tidied into books:
No vital knowledge perished in that skull;
His jokes were stale; like wartime, he was dull;
His name is lost for ever like his looks.

Though runeless, to instructions from headquarters
He added meaning like a comma when
He joined the dust of China, that our daughters

Might keep their upright carriage, not again
Be shamed before the dogs, that, where are waters,
Mountains and houses, may be also men. 

– W.H. Auden (1938)