1920s Antique Margaret Preston print, "Quay Side Sydney," tram, framed vintage art

1920s authentic 100-year-old line block print (mechanical) after Margaret Preston’s highly sought after “Quay Side Sydney” woodblock print, the original housed in the National Gallery. Delightful antique print on lovely soft mat paper. Reproduced in a limited quantity for art journal publication of the period, dated 1925, with very few surviving. Rarely offered, recently framed with simple beveled vintage solid wood and custom double mat behind glass.

Reference of authenticity: Roger Butler, art historian, NGA

Frame 22cm x 17cm 
Artwork 12cm x 9cm

“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.”