Art Books
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# 47196
THOMAS, David.
Criss Canning : the pursuit of beauty (first edition)
Melbourne : Macmillan, 2007. First edition. Quarto, boards in dust jacket, pp 192, fully illustrated. First edition. Written and published to coincide with the artist’s retrospective exhibition at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, both standard and deluxe editions quickly sold out; as did all four editions. ‘David Thomas’ Monograph, tracing Criss Canning’s career as an …
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# 47192
GRAY, Anne
Art and artifice : George Lambert 1873-1930 (signed presentation copy for Ann Galbally)
Sydney : Craftsman House, 1996. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 204, finger marks to endpapers, else a very good copy, signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title with a warm message to her mentor Ann Galbally. ‘In this long-awaited monograph art historian Anne Gray draws upon a mass of documents to reveal Lambert’s …
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# 47190
NORTH, Marianne
A vision of Eden : the life and work of Marianne North
Preface by J.P.M. Brenan ; foreword by Anthony Huxley ; biographical note by Brenda E. Moon. Exeter : Webb & Bower, in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1980. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, maps to endppers, a few light marks to endpaper, light handling wear, pp. 240, illustrated. ‘Marianne North, an unmarried middle-aged Victorian …
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# 47189
LONG, Leonard (1911 - 2013)
Australian artist Leonard Long
With a letter from Professor Charles E. Marshall and the artist writes his story as a landscape painter. Sydney : Waite and Bull, circa 1970. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth, dustjacket, pp. 80, small tear to upper panel, illustrated.
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# 47188
PEARCE, Barry
Jeffrey Smart. Paintings and studies 1993 – 1998
Sydney : Australian Galleries, 1998. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 24, illustrated.
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# 47187
BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)
Charles Blackman : works on paper 1950-1990
Brisbane : Joel Fine Art, 2007. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 32, illustrated. Essay by Michael Fox. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Joel Fine Art, Paddington Qld., 1 December 2007-20 January 2008. ‘Charles Blackman’s drawings retain a vitality and immediacy that focus on the human presence in relation to the external environment and externalize all …
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# 47186
OLSEN, John (1928 - 2023)
The land beyond time : paintings and drawings by John Olsen
Perth : Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1984. Quarto, pictorial wrappers, pp. 80, illustrated throughout, contains preface by Allen D. Christensen, president of The Christensen Fund, project outline, introduction by John Olsen, the works on paper and works on canvas and hardboard by Olsen.
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# 47184
[SMART, Jeffrey] GRISHIN, Sasha.
Jeffrey Smart : paintings and studies 2002 – 2003
Melbourne : Australian Galleries, 2003. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 52, illustrated in colour.
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# 47183
[FRANK, Dale]
Dale Frank : Adieu
Melbourne : Deutscher Brunswick Street, 1990. Quarto, gold wrappers with green lettering, pp 53. Illustrates all 21 works exhibited in colour.
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# 47182
PASCOE, William Joseph; FRASER, Katrina Ann
Roar Studios touring exhibition
Melbourne : Shepparton Art Gallery, 1992. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 52, colour illustrations throughout. Exhibition catalogue of 61 works, all illustrated, with essays by Joseph Pascoe and Katrina Fraser.
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# 47179
NOLAN, Sidney (1917 - 1992)
Sidney Nolan: Myth and Country
Melbourne: Gould Galleries, 2005. Small quarto, illustrated wrappers, 48pp. illustrated in colour. Price list included.
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# 47178
ENNIS, Helen
A Modern Vision : Charles Bayliss, Photographer 1850-1897
Canberra : National Library, 2008. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 62, illustrated.
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# 47177
HAESE, Richard; BROWN, Mike; NODRUM, Charles
Power to the people: The art of Mike Brown
Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1995. Quarto, blank wrappers with pictorial dustjacket, light handling wear, pp 116.
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# 47176
[BOOTH, Peter]
Peter Booth : recent paintings
Melbourne : Deutscher Brunswick Street, 1990. Pictorial wrappers, [40pp]. Illustrated in full colour with introduction by Robert Lindsay, and ‘A Personal Appreciation’ by John Embling. Price list enclosed.
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# 47175
TRENERRY, Elizabeth (editor)
John Borrack : a retrospective 1956-1996 (signed copy)
South Morang, Vic. : City of Whittlesea, 1996. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, slight wave to text block, pp. 96, illustrated. Signed and inscribed by the artist. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the City of Whittlesea Art Gallery 1 Mar.-31 May 1996, curators: Gillian Borrack and Elizabeth Trenerry.
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# 47172
EAGLE, Mary et al.
Three creative fellows : Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Narritjin Maymuru
Canberra : Australian National University, 2007. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 72, illustrated. Includes folding panels of Nolan’s nine part series Riverbend. New copy. This catalogue presents works by three prominent Australian artists – Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Narritjin Maymuru – featured in the exhibition Three Creative Fellows, at the Drill Hall Gallery from 9 …