Art Books

  • Criss Canning : the pursuit of beauty (first edition)

    # 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 …

  • Art and artifice : George Lambert 1873-1930 (signed presentation copy for Ann Galbally)

    # 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 …

  • A vision of Eden : the life and work of Marianne North

    # 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 …

  • Australian artist Leonard Long

    # 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.

  • Jeffrey Smart. Paintings and studies 1993 - 1998

    # 47188

    PEARCE, Barry

    Jeffrey Smart. Paintings and studies 1993 – 1998

    Sydney : Australian Galleries, 1998. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 24, illustrated.

  • Charles Blackman : works on paper 1950-1990

    # 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 …

  • The land beyond time : paintings and drawings by John Olsen

    # 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.

  • Jeffrey Smart : paintings and studies 2002 - 2003

    # 47184

    [SMART, Jeffrey] GRISHIN, Sasha.

    Jeffrey Smart : paintings and studies 2002 – 2003

    Melbourne : Australian Galleries, 2003. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 52, illustrated in colour.

  • Dale Frank : Adieu

    # 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.

  • Roar Studios touring exhibition

    # 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.

  • Sidney Nolan: Myth and Country

    # 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.

  • A Modern Vision : Charles Bayliss, Photographer 1850-1897

    # 47178

    ENNIS, Helen

    A Modern Vision : Charles Bayliss, Photographer 1850-1897

    Canberra : National Library, 2008. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 62, illustrated.

  • Power to the people: The art of Mike Brown

    # 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.

  • Peter Booth : recent paintings

    # 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.

  • John Borrack : a retrospective 1956-1996 (signed copy)

    # 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.

  • Three creative fellows : Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Narritjin Maymuru

    # 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 …