Marjorie Nathan preparatory drawings, artworks and other material

PXD 1601

fonds

approximately 1930-1949

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Paintings, Photographs

9665655

37 drawings - pencil, crayon, ink, watercolour
2 sketchbooks (33 drawings) - pencil, crayon and watercolor
3 photographic prints - gelatin silver, black and white, colour
6 paintings - watercolour, gouache

Marjorie Claire Nathan (later Dunstan) received a scholarship in 1929 to study a Drawing and Illustration Diploma at East Sydney Technical College. She remained at the College until 1934. Nathan married in 1940. She died in 2001.

Reference:
"The Schools". The Sydney Morning Herald. March 21, 1929. Accessed 12 December 2022. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16539884
"The Ryerson Index". Accessed 12 December 2022. http://ryersonindex.org/search.php

BOX 1
1-3. [Portrait photographs of Marjorie Nathan in her garden, approximately 1930s]
4-15. [Pencil sketches of nudes, including one crayon sketch]
Some signed 'M. Nathan' and dated 'Feb/March 1940'
16-21. [Crayon sketches of portraits and nudes, approximately 1940s]
22. [Girl, tree and spiderweb]. Signed 'M. Nathan' and dated '26.2.32' lower left corner. Watercolour & ink on paper, with wooden mount
23-30. [Preparatory pencil sketches, approximately 1931]
31-32. [Lyrist and two women, in gouache with pencil sketches on verso]. Signed 'Marjorie Nathan' in pencil. Undated
33-34. [Preparatory pencil] self studies. Signed 'M. Nathan' and dated 'April 1932'
35. [Ink drawing of two fashionable women sailing, approximately 1930-1934]
36-37. [Gypsy women and picnic], 1938. Unfinished gouache studies
38. [Portrait of a young girl], watercolour, oval in a gold coloured mount
39. [Ink drawing of Fashionable woman and nudes, approximately 1930-1934]
40. [Ink drawing of Koalas, approximately 1935]
41. [Ink drawing of Puppy in boot, approximately 1935]
42. [Ink drawing of Dutch Women, children & windmill, approximately 1933]. Signed 'Marjorie Nathan' top right corner. Undated.
43-44. Student 'National Art Students' Club' sketchbooks, includes one back page cover with handwritten pencil notes
30 pencil drawings, 1 crayon and 2 watercolour

BOX 2
45. [Dutch Group with dog & windmill], in gouache. Signed 'MV. Nathan' and dated '1933’

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