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Original pair 1930s Margaret Preston woodblock prints, Japanese Puppets, rare antique framed art
  • Original pair 1930s Margaret Preston woodblock prints, Japanese Puppets, rare antique framed art
  • Original pair 1930s Margaret Preston woodblock prints, Japanese Puppets, rare antique framed art
  • Original pair 1930s Margaret Preston woodblock prints, Japanese Puppets, rare antique framed art
  • Original pair 1930s Margaret Preston woodblock prints, Japanese Puppets, rare antique framed art
  • Original pair 1930s Margaret Preston woodblock prints, Japanese Puppets, rare antique framed art
  • Original pair 1930s Margaret Preston woodblock prints, Japanese Puppets, rare antique framed art
  • Original pair 1930s Margaret Preston woodblock prints, Japanese Puppets, rare antique framed art
  • Original pair 1930s Margaret Preston woodblock prints, Japanese Puppets, rare antique framed art
Original pair 1930s Margaret Preston woodblock prints, Japanese Puppets, rare antique framed art

Original pair 1930s Margaret Preston woodblock prints, Japanese Puppets, rare antique framed art

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Authentic original, extremely rare, Margaret Preston print pair, stamped directly from the artist's woodblock entitled "The Bad Lady Puppet”, and “The Usurer Puppet", signed in the block 'M.P.'

Scare prints from the pages of a 1930s Australian art journal "Manuscripts" edited by Tatlock Miller and printed in Geelong. Preston allowed her block to be used by the printer, with 750 copies produced by hand for inclusion in the publication (this provenance is described by Roger Butler in his book: The Prints of Margaret Preston). Preston traveled to Japan in 1934 where she was greatly inspired by traditional woodblock printing techniques. 

Framed with simple beveled solid vintage wold with custom double mat behind glass.

38cm x 26cm frames each

16cm x 8cm artworks

“One of Australia’s most significant artists, Margaret Preston was a key figure in the development of modern art in Sydney from the 1920s to the 1950s. Renowned for her paintings and woodcuts of local landscapes and native flora, she was an outspoken public voice on Australian culture and championed a distinctly Australian style, based on the principles and motifs of modernist, Aboriginal and Asian art.”

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