Suchomlin (5 results)

Erste Ausgabe. 13,5 x 20 cm. Erste Auflage, 134 S. Illustrierte Originalbroschur. 4 Tafeln mit Fotografien. Einige Seiten mit kleinen Einrissen, leicht fleckig, altersbedingt ok.

Condition: Gut. 37,5 x 29,5 cm. 126 Seiten, mit zahlreichen Bildtafeln. *Einband etwas bestoßen. Geschenkzettel auf dem Innendeckel. Besitzervermerk auf dem Vorsatz- und auf dem Titelblatt. Ansonsten gut erhalten. ru Gewicht in Gramm: 1600 Orig.-Leinenband mit Deckeltitel.

orig. wrappers. 20x13cm, 138 pages. Includes facsimile illustrations. Worn. Rear cover corner chip. Some pencilled underlinings. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Befriedigend. Halbleinenband, 24 Seiten, sehr holzschliffhaltiges Papier und daher mehrfach hinterlegt,

[Title from artist's handwritten text in image]. Gelatin silver photograph printed on card stock, 88 x 139 mm, no publisher indicated; verso with fully contemporary handwritten message in pencil, including the relevant comment: 'Darcy got this out of my bags, don't know he said whether you'll like Blacks, but he is certain you will all like Captain Cook.'; fine condition. John [Jack] Suchomlin was a Ukrainian artist who had studied in Germany before arriving in Adelaide as a political refugee in 1911. He became an Australian citizen in 1913 and married Elsie Mattingley. Between 1926 and 1940 he created stunning sand sculptures on Manly beach, Sydney, which were a popular tourist attraction. In 1929, at Suchomlin's request, the Manly Council createdThe Wishing Well shelter at South Steyne beach, which was used by him for several years as a sand sculpture 'gallery'. (Now refurbished, the shelter is today adorned with aluminium reproductions of some of Suchomlin's works). Appreciated by the public for their highly realistic qualities, Suchomlin's sculptures included life-size depictions of aviators Bert Hinkler and Amy Johnson, Biblical tableaux, and his celebrated swimmers, some of which were used in advertisements for Jantzen swimming costumes. In the 1930s he also created sand sculptures on Melbourne's St. Kilda beach as part of Victoria's Centenary celebrations (although why he chose Captain Cook as a subject, rather than John Pascoe Fawkner or John Batman, is not clear), and at Margate in Brisbane.