Guide to the Papers of Bruce Petty
MS 10177
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2017
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Petty, Bruce
- Title
- Papers of Bruce Petty
- Date Range
- 1950 - 2013
- Collection Number
- MS 10177
- Extent
- 8.05 metres (14 ms boxes, 3 medium folio boxes, 4 large folio boxes, 11 map folios)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Content Description
The collection comprises drawings by Bruce Petty 1957-2000; incorporating political cartoons for the Melbourne paper 'The Age' 1980s to 2000s; film scripts and story boards for films.
Conditions Governing Access
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7092743)
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as 'Papers of Bruce Petty, MS 10177, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Finding Aid Sources(s)
Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers
Item Descriptions
Class 1. Consignment Received July 2015, 1950 - 2013
This consignment comprises drawings by Bruce Petty 1957-2000; incorporating political cartoons for the Melbourne paper 'The Age' 1980s to 2000s; film scripts and story boards for films.
Series. Travel Drawings and Writings
Sketches for Australian Artist in SE Asia (book) : loose bundle / Vietnam & Laos, 1961-1962 (File 1) - Box 1
Sketches and Writing from Overseas Trips - Pakistan including Pettyian map of Militant Islam Central Asia (File 7) - Box 1
Sketches and Writing from Overseas Trips - USA 1995 One Australia Yacht preparation and loose bundle including autograph letter signed to Slavoj Zizek re Utopia and planned animated movie, 1995 (File 14) - Box 1
Series. Political Cartoons for The Age
Series. Scripts for Animated Films, 1984-2012
Human Contraptions: Film Australia. Treatment, synopses, timeline, storyboard, c.100pp (File 53) - Box 10
The Clever Country: Cartoons for The Age 1980s: Roneoed script, 85 shots, 54pp Richard Brennan producer (File 54) - Box 10
The Brain Ride (Mind Ride): Proposal, outline, some research material, related correspondence, c.25pp (File 55) - Box 10
Joking: Two drafts, plus shooting script, c.50pp. Devised by Bruce Petty, written by Bruce Petty and John Clarke; proposed three one hour documentaries about humour (File 57) - Box 10
Motor Show: "Idea for a seven part 1/2 hour TV series" Photocopy and printout of script, c.20pp (File 59) - Box 10
The Movers - a Film About Technology: Printout of script, combbound, 38 shots, 47pp. Plus illustrations of characters, c.6pp (File 60) - Box 10
Joking in Moscow: Printouts of scripts, with h/w and paste ups, 2 versions, 7pp, 13pp (File 64) - Box 10
Series. Scripts for Animation Machines
Prints from Animated Film Money. Eighteen colour prints, all A4, all titled, all from "Money", all numbered as #4/99, signed and dated by the artist; titles include "World War Two", "The Twenties", "Queen Victoria", "Freedom" (File 69) - Box 11
Expo 85 Machine -24 colour prints of construction of machines, 10x15cms. 4 pen and ink drawings of machines, A4, eg "Education Machine", "Law Machine", "Media Machine" (File 70) - Box 11
Scripts for Animation Films: Reference material, outline, notes; brief 'Skyscraper' documentary c.15pp (File 71) - Box 12
Series. Political Drawings, 1950-2000
"Published Drawings 1960s, various publications ..." Newspapers, magazines, original clippings, c.50 (File) - Folio-Box 13
"Drawings 1970s and 1980s". C.30pp., combination A3 and A4, many political cartoons for newspapers (File) - Folio-Box 13
"Drawings 1950s & 60s" c.30pp, combination A4 and A3, some marked up for publication, others mounted onto board; drawings or drawings with captions, not specifically political, not Australian; including Ronald Searle (File) - Folio-Box 13
"Animation - Original Cells" 82 sheets, pen and ink, bigger than A4 and smaller than A3, not signed or captioned. (File) - Folio-Box 13
"Drawings (dated) 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988". Approx.150, Australian content, political, more general, various sizes, pen and ink or felt pen, some with paste ups as above (File) - Folio-Box 14
"Drawings 1966-1968". Approx. 200, as previous, except more international subject matter, various sizes (File) - Folio-Box 14
"Punch Drawings 1960s / Negs 1964". 1. Punch. Approx. 30 sheets, pen and ink, many marked up for publication, observational and humourous, some captioned, not all, a couple of the published versions; 2. Lithographic film negatives, approx. 40, not labelled, loose (File) - Folio-Box 14
"Drawings for The New Yorker" 5 drawings, all marked up for publication, need conservation, tape bleed, no captions, nd (File) - Folio-Box 14
Drawings undated - mostly 1980s. Approx.200, various sizes, pen and ink, felt pen, most cartooons with captions, signed (File) - Folio-Box 15
Bundled this way by Bruce Petty. Approx.200, various sizes, pen and ink, felt pen (File) - Folio-Box 15
Drawings (dated) 1989-1996, 2000. Approx.100, various sizes and subjects, pen and ink, some coloured (File) - Folio-Box 15
Series. Drawings, 1963-1968
Drawings 1964, 65, 66. Approx. 250, most political, various sizes, combinations as above; most with tape bleed along edges where they have been tipped onto board (File) - Map-Folio 16A
Drawings 1964, 65, 66. Approx. 250, most political, various sizes, combinations as above; most with tape bleed along edges where they have been tipped onto board (File) - Map-Folio 16B
Old scrapbook containing approx. 30, various sizes, some captioned, some date stamped, similar combination of mostly cartoons, international and local, 1963-1968 (File) - Map-Folio 17
Two awards and miscellaneous drawings. Clippings, originals and photocopies, odd drawings, loose, c.100 items; poster for Australian History, at New York Film Festival, 1973, 43 x 36cms; also London Film Festival, 1972, 57 x 39cms, 1972 (File) - Map-Folio 20
Series. Posters
Tube. Fifteen by Bruce Petty: public meetings, movies by him, books by him, performances, other meetings; 5 other posters not by Bruce Petty for movies, women's art, against Rio Tinto; one by Martin Sharp for an exhibition of Peter Powditch's at Gallery A, 30 x 20cms, pinholes, else fine. Handbill size to movie poster (File) - Map-Folio 22
Series. Books
The Absurd Machine: Note inside the box, "... 'The Absurd Machine' which had evolved out an earlier animation script, 'The Sixties' and a book draft titled 'Noise in the Street'". Four large bundles, c.100pp. each, A3 and larger, clean printouts, not titled, plus a floppy disk labelled "60s" (File) - Folio-Box 24
The Absurd Machine: Note inside the box, "drafts for book variously called 'The Sixties' or 'Noise in the Street' eventually the book called 'The Absurd Machine' (Penguin, 1997)." Four bundles, all A3, publisher's printouts, combination text and image, some minor h/w, as: "Noise in the Street" (2), c.100pp., c.60pp, c.60pp; "Sixtiez", clean printout, c.100pp (File) - Folio-Box 25
Series. Travel Drawings and Writings
Sketches and Writing from Overseas Trips -Vietnam & Laos, Brussels, Iraq & Jordan, Prague; Russian Cartoonists Gifts to Bruce Petty 1988, Mikhail M. Zlatkovsky (1944-) one signed by the artist; copy of a Russian magazine; politcal cartoons for "The Age". Loose drawings from Folder 56B "The Sixties" Script (File) - Folio-Box 26
Class 2. Consignment Received October 2016, 1965 - 2012
This consignment comprises various research material; sketches and drawings by Bruce Petty
Series. Research material
Introducing Blues Guitar by Brett Duncan, 1994 (Item NLA.MS-DM009472) - Digital-Carriers-Box 159
1 Item, Commercial Jupiter 2 Pty Ltd, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)This CD contains all of the examples within the book.
In Memory of Mary Gillan. Crossway Service, 2014 (Item NLA.MS-DM009473) - Digital-Carriers-Box 159
1 Item, Unbranded, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)The Matilda Candidate (Item NLA.MS-DM009474) - Digital-Carriers-Box 159
1 Item, Commercial Unbranded, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)Olsen Levy Productions. Dur. 57 min