VICKERY, John. - Outposts of Empire. Central Australia.

A large coloured lithograph by John Vickery (1906-1983), he was an Australian artist. He worked in the fields of painting, illustration and advertising. He is the only Australian artist to have been a part of the New York School.
Vickery was born in Bunyip, Victoria in Australia in 1906, and relocated to New York in 1936.
This lithograph depicts a bushman reading a letter, somewhere in the vast Australian 'Outback'. There are signs of a 'Post Office' and a partial sign for a 'Savings Bank'. Vivid colours are used in the sky, the surrounding trees and the colour of the earth and hills.
Signed in lower left corner.