Artworks - Printmaking, Limited edition prints by Andrew Sibley

Historical information

Andrew SIBLEY ( 9 July 1933-2015)
Born London

Since the 1960s Andrew Sibley consistently exhibited throughout Australia and Internationally. He was senior lecturer of painting at RMIT from 1967-1987 and senior lecturer of painting at Monash University from 1990-1999.

Physical description

Six framed limited edition prints by Andrew Sibley using the Sugar-lift etching technique and hand colouring. Printed at the Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne and published by The Lytlewode Press, Melbourne in an edition of 125 in 2010.

.1) 'Catch a Falling Star'
Sugar-Lift Etching
With hand colouring by the artist
Plate 67.7cm (H) x 48.0cm (W)
Paper 76.0cm (H) x 57.0cm (W)
Edition: 17/125
Signed, inscribed and numbered by the artist.

Catch a Falling Star
written by Paul Vance (born 1929) and Lee Pockriss (1924-2011)
1957

.2) 'It’s only a Paper Moon'
Sugar-Lift Etching
With hand colouring by the artist
Plate 67.7cm (H) x 48.0cm (W)
Paper 76.0cm (H) x 57.0cm (W)
Edition: 1/125
Signed, inscribed and numbered by the artist.

It's Only a Paper Moon
by Harold Arlen (1905-1986)
lyrics by E. Y. Harburg (1896-1981) and Billy Rose (1899-1966)
1933

.3) 'Come Fly With Me'
Sugar-Lift Etching
With hand colouring by the artist
Plate 67.7cm (H) x 48.0cm (W)
Paper 76.0cm (H) x 57.0cm (W)
Edition: 9/125
Signed, inscribed and numbered by the artist.

Come Fly with Me
by Jimmy Van Heusen (1913-1990)
lyrics by Sammy Cahn (1913-1993)
1957

.4) 'You are the Sunshine of my Life'
Sugar-Lift Etching
With hand colouring by the artist
Plate 67.7cm (H) x 48.0cm (W)
Paper 76.0cm (H) x 57.0cm (W)
Edition: 1/125
Signed, inscribed and numbered by the artist.

.5) 'Some Enchanted Evening'
Sugar-Lift Etching
With hand colouring by the artist
Plate 67.7cm (H) x 48.0cm (W)
Paper 76.0cm (H) x 57.0cm (W)
Edition:1/125
Signed, inscribed and numbered by the artist.

Some Enchanted Evening
Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960)
South Pacific
1949

.6) 'Vilya, Oh Vilya'
Sugar-Lift Etching
With hand colouring by the artist
Plate 67.7cm (H) x 48.0cm (W)
Paper 76.0cm (H) x 57.0cm (W)
Edition: 1/125
Signed, inscribed and numbered by the artist.

Vilya, Oh Vilya
Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta Vilya, oh vilya
Composed by Franz Lehar (1870-1948)
1905

Donated through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Programme by Katherine N. Littlewood, 2014

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