Art Books

  • Emily Kame Kngwarreye : paintings

    # 50741

    [KNGWARREYE]. ISAACS, Jennifer et al.

    Emily Kame Kngwarreye : paintings

    With contributions by Jennifer Isaacs, Terry Smith, Judith Ryan, Donald Holt & Janet Holt. Sydney : Craftsman House, 1998. First edition. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 204, illustrated in colour throughout, a fine copy of this scholarly publication, scarce. The first book dedicated to the art of Emily Kame Kngwarre, released on1st February, 1998.  Emily …

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  • Tjukurrpa : desert dreamings : Aboriginal art from Central Australia 1971 - 1993

    # 50736

    O'FERRALL, Michael

    Tjukurrpa : desert dreamings : Aboriginal art from Central Australia 1971 – 1993

    Perth : Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1993. Quarto (215 x 240 mm), illustrated wrappers, pp. 60, illustrated; an excellent copy.

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  • Tjanpi

    # 50721

    McGREGOR, Ken and TRIMBLE, Judith

    Tjanpi

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2011.  Series: Macmillan mini-art series number 19. Small square octavo, pictorial boards in dust jacket, 144 pp extensively illustrated. An as new copy on the Tjanpi Desert Weavers.

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  • Water colours of Central Australia by Albert Namatjira (Arunta Tribe)

    # 50628

    [NAMATJIRA, Albert]

    Water colours of Central Australia by Albert Namatjira (Arunta Tribe)

    Melbourne : Myer Mural Hall, 1944. Octavo, folded sheet (old creases and edge wear), pp. 4 (last side blank), black & white reproduction of photograph of Namatjira painting, by C. P. Mountford, catalogue of 38 works by Namatjira with prices, very scarce.

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  • Sotheby's. The John McCaffrey Collection of Kimberley Art. Sydney, 28 July 2003

    # 50681

    KLINGENDER, Tim

    Sotheby’s. The John McCaffrey Collection of Kimberley Art. Sydney, 28 July 2003

    Melbourne : Sotheby’s, 2003. Quarto (270 x 210 mm), illustrated card covers (spine rubbed), pp 104, auction catalogue with 71 lots, most illustrated in colour; including works on paper by Indigenous artists from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, decorated coolamons, boomerangs and spearthrowers, and boab nuts carved by Jack Wherra.

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  • Ginger Riley

    # 50665

    RYAN, Judith

    Ginger Riley

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1997. Quarto, pictorial laminated card covers, pp 104, illustrated in colour throughout; inscription to half-title page, a fine copy. Superb catalogue produced to accompany the landmark exhibition of the extraordinary work of Arnhem Land artist Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, held at the NGV, July 17-22, 1997.  

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  • Bradshaw's ancient rock paintings of north-west Australia

    # 50605

    WALSH, Grahame L. (1944 - 2007)

    Bradshaw’s ancient rock paintings of north-west Australia

    Geneva : Edition Limitee for The Bradshaw Foundation, 1994. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light handling marks), pp. xviii; 284, 99 colour plates, maps. A fine copy. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. Housed in the original publisher’s mailing carton, with the original prospectus, order form, and related clippings. Since their ‘discovery’ by pastoralist Joseph …

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  • The Delmore Collection presents Emily Kngwarreye

    # 50567

    HART, Deborah

    The Delmore Collection presents Emily Kngwarreye

    [Utopia, N.T.] : Delmore Gallery, circa 1995. Gallery promotional flyer, folded card, five colour illustrations, short essay. Very scarce and early publication on Kngwarreye, preceding all the monographs on her, from Delmore Gallery, located on Delmore Downs Station in the remote Utopia community of the Northern Territory (the brochure advises ‘Airstrip available’). Scarce and ephemeral

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  • Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Alhalkere. Paintings from Utopia

    # 50562

    [KNGWARREYE]. NEALE, Margo.

    Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Alhalkere. Paintings from Utopia

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 1998. Quarto, illustrated cards in paper dustwrapper, 154pp. illustrated throughout. An important monograph, a very good copy, scarce.

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  • New beginnings. Classic paintings from the Corrigan collection of 21st century Aboriginal art (signed presentation copy)

    # 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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  • Le picture su corteccia di Oenpelli [= An Exhibition of Oenpelli paintings on bark]

    # 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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  • [POSTER]. Circle path meander. Central Australian paintings from the Carnegie Collection

    # 32776

    [POSTER]. Circle path meander. Central Australian paintings from the Carnegie Collection

    Collected in the 1970s by Geoffrey Bardon. Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1988. Printed poster, 590 x 415 mm, introduction by Margaret Carnegie, essay by Geoffrey Bardon and catalogue verso. An important poster and catalogue for this landmark exhibition of Australian Aboriginal art. Fine copy. Note: this is the only catalogue for the exhibition, …

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  • Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    # 50342

    MUNDINE, Djon and BAKER, Candida.

    Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2014. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, as new (in storage since publication, not a second hand copy), illustrated endpapers, pp. 222, illustrated. Fine copy, quite scarce. Mirdidingkingathi Juwarrnda Sally Gabori was born c. 1924 on Bentinck Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria – an island inhabited by the Kaiadilt people for …

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  • The Peter Hallinan Collection of Melanesian Art. Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1992.

    # 50346

    BACQUART, Jean-Baptiste & Bernard DE GRUNNE

    The Peter Hallinan Collection of Melanesian Art. Sotheby’s, London, 7 December 1992.

    London : Sotheby’s, 1992. Auction catalogue. Large quarto (280 x 215 mm), decorated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; pp. 199, [3 bibliography]; 166 lots, illustrated in colour; an excellent copy.  

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  • The Heritage of Namatjira : the watercolourists of Central Australia.

    # 50253

    [NAMATJIRA]. HARDY, Jane, MEGAW, J.V.S., and MEGAW, M. Ruth

    The Heritage of Namatjira : the watercolourists of Central Australia.

    Melbourne : Heinemann, 1992. Large octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. xxii; 350, illustrated in colour, an excellent copy.  The primary reference work on the Hermannsburg school. A quality copy of a title which is out of print and quite scarce.

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  • The life and times of Albert Namatjira

    # 50092

    MCGREGOR, Ken

    The life and times of Albert Namatjira

    Melbourne : Badger Editions, 2021. Quarto (310 x 253 mm), laminated pictorial boards in illustrated dust jacket, pp. 448, extensively illustrated. Text by Ken McGregor, designed and edited by Jenny Zimmer. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. New copy. Printed and produced entirely in Australia. Destined to be regarded as the most authoritative, thoroughly …

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