Art Books
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# 50461
NOLAN, Sidney and LYNN, Elwyn
Sidney Nolan – Australia (deluxe edition)
Sydney and London: Bay Books, 1979. Quarto, gilt-lettered calf with Nolan Kelly pictorial design in cloth slipcase (lightly marked) , 226pp. illustrated throughout, a fine copy The deluxe edition, limited to 200 numbered copies signed by Sidney Nolan.
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# 50460
[WHITELEY, Brett]. MCGRATH, Sandra
Brett Whiteley (deluxe signed edition)
Sydney : Bay Books, 1979. Quarto, full leather with gilt embossed signature in slipcase (lightly marked), pp. 232 fully illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 200 copies signed by the artist Brett Whiteley, presented in a special deluxe binding (this is copy 45), pale foxing to preliminaries, a very good copy of a rare edition. …
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# 50459
McCULLOCH CHILDS, Emily and GIBSON, Ross
New beginnings. Classic paintings from the Corrigan collection of 21st century Aboriginal art (signed presentation copy)
Preface by Margo Neale. Melbourne : McCulloch & McCulloch, 2008. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 156, illustrated. With a warm presentation inscription from Pat Corrigan to noted art auction house owner Tim Goodman.
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# 50447
TURNER, John
Joseph Lycett. Governor Macquarie’s convict artist.
Newcastle : Hunter History Publications, 1997. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 148, illustrated, light edge wear, else a very good copy. A detailed study of Lycett by New South Wales historian Dr. John Turner.
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# 50429
JAMES, Rodney
John Perceval : painting down the bay
Mornington : Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 2004. Quarto, lettered wrappers, sticker residue upper panel, pp. 20, illustrated.
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# 50428
VASSILIEFF, Danila
Danila Vassilieff (1898 – 1958)
Sydney : Macquarie Galleries, 1973. Octavo, folded sheet (lightly foxed), cover illustration, pp. 4, catalogue of 33 works with prices, biography, a very good copy.
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# 50427
REED, John (President of the C.A.S.)
Royal Tour Contemporary Art Society Exhibition 1954
Melbourne : Contemporary Art Society, 1954. Folio, single sheet, folded, designed by James Birrell, list of 28 works. Corner a little creased, otherwise very good. Catalogue includes works by Sam Atyeo, Vladmir (Yosl) Bergner, Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, John Brack, Robert ‘Bob’ Dickerson, Inge King, Ian Fairerather, Donald Friend, Sali Herman, Joy Hester, Jackueline (Jacqueline) …
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# 50426
GRANT, Kirsty et al.
John Brack
Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2009. Quarto, pictorial wrappers, spine creased, light handling marks, 248 pp. fully illustrated. Contributions by Helen Brack, Sasha Grishin, Robert Lindsay and Chris McAuliffe. Printed to accompany the major touring retrospective of Brack in 2009-10, an essential reference on the artist.
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# 50425
EDWARDS, Deborah
Godfrey Miller 1893 – 1964
With contributions by John Henshaw and Ann Wookey. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1996. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 128, illustrated. A fine copy. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15th March – 5th May, 1996 and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 15th …
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# 50424
BAIL, Murray
Fairweather (hardcover edition)
Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 1994. First edition. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 144, illustrated. A very good copy.
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# 50423
McGREGOR, Ken
Adnate : point of view 2019
Melbourne : Badger Editions, 2019. Quarto, illustrated laminated boards, pp. 224, illustrated. Mint copy. Produced in limited numbers, not in distribution. ‘With about half his work done on public walls and half on canvases, Adnate nowadays sees himself as not just a street artist or graffiti artist—simply, an artist. Matt Last (Adnate) is one of street …
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# 50422
JOHNSON, Vivien
Lives of the Papunya Tula artists
Alice Springs : IAD Press, 2008.Quarto, illustrated boards in dustjacket, illustrated endpapers, pp. xvi; 402, extensively illustrated. New copy. ”Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists’ chronicles the beginning of the Western Desert art movement and the phenomenal development of its founding art company over four decades. Through comprehensive and widely researched biographies of more than …
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# 50420
ISAACS, Jennifer et al.
Le picture su corteccia di Oenpelli [= An Exhibition of Oenpelli paintings on bark]
[Sydney] : [Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council], circa 1978. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, lightly rubbed, pp. 52, illustrated. Italian language edition.
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# 50419
TASCA, Margot
William Beckwith McInnes : an artist’s life
Melbourne : Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd, 2022. Quarto, laminated boards, pp. 232, illustrated. New copy. The artist William Beckwith McInnes was a paragon of early 20th century Australian art, and the seven-time winner of the renowned Archibald Prize. An Artist’s Life is the first time his full story is being told. Winner of …
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# 50418
TASCA, Margot
Percy Leason : an artist’s life
Melbourne : Thames & Hudson Australia, 2016. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 240, extensively illustrated. New copy. This finely illustrated, exhaustively researched and beautifully written biography on Leason features the artist’s entire career as a painter and cartoonist renowned for his depictions of Australian society in the 1920s and 1930s. ‘Who would have thought that a …
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# 50417
[LETI]. GRISHIN, Sasha
Bruno Leti (deluxe edition)
Six Memos on the art of Bruno Leti. Sydney: The Beagle Press, 2002. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth in matching slipcase, 184pp. illustrated with images of Leti’s contemporary graphics and artists’ books. This the de luxe edition of 50 copies, signed by the artist, with an original graphic Lines and Planes (I) signed by the artist loosely …