Artists in conflict

  • # 44749

    HOFF, Rayner et al.

    Sculpture of Rayner Hoff

    With text by the Rt. Hon. the Earl Beauchamp, K.G., K.C.M.G., Howard Ashton, E.C. Temple Smith and W. Bede Dalley. Sydney : Sunnybrook Press, 1934. Quarto, illustrated cloth, dustjacket (very slight edge wear, a fine copy), pp. 113; [8]. Limited to 100 copies, signed by all contributors, the artist and publisher, with an original signed …

  • # 44767

    MURCH, Ria

    Arthur Murch: An artist’s life 1902 – 1989

    Sydney : Ruskin Rowe Press, 1997. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, 158pp. Monograph featuring full page colour images with foreward by Peter Pinson and introduction by Barry Pearce.

  • # 44748

    COUNIHAN, Noel, and LINDSAY, Jack.

    War or Peace. Twelve linocuts by Noel Counihan. Poems by Jack Lindsay

    Preface by Robert Smith. Melbourne: Gryphon Books, n.d. [1978]. Large oblong quarto, quarter maroon morocco with gilt-lettered boards in matching slipcase, numerous colour plates reproducing Counihan linocuts, additional suite of the plates in black and white contained in a stiff paper maroon folder. Limited to 250 numbered copies signed by Counihan Lindsay. Fine copy. When …

  • # 44712

    DYSON, Will (1880-1938)

    Australia at war : a winter record

    / made by Will Dyson on the Somme and at Ypres during the campaigns of 1916 and 1917 ; with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton. London : Cecil Palmer and Hayward, 1918. First edition. Folio, original stiff pictorial wrappers, 52 pp, [21] leaves of monochrome plates, clean and sound, a fine copy.

  • # 44687

    [DRYSDALE]. KLEPAC, Lou

    Russell Drysdale

    Sydney : Murdoch Books, 2009 (revised edition). Quarto, boards in dust jacket, pp. 384, illustrated; a fine copy.

  • # 44686

    HEATHCOTE, Christopher; ZIMMER, Jenny

    Discovering Dobell

    Adelaide : Wakefield Press, and Melbourne : Tarrawarra Museum of Art, 2017. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 106, illustrated in colour throughout. New copy. Discovering Dobell offers an intimate glimpse of William Dobell, the artist whose heart remained anchored in the daily life of everyday people, from the streets of Depression-raked London to Sydney’s Kings Cross. …

  • # 44436

    UHL, Christopher

    Albert Tucker

    Melbourne : Lansdowne, 1969. Quarto boards in dustjacket, pp. 114, tipped-in plates, light handling marks, but a fine copy. The first major monograph on Tucker.

  • # 44434

    LYNTON, Norbert et al

    Searching for Gaia : the art of Guy Warren

    By Norbert Lynton & John McDonald ; Deborah Hart ; with an autobiographical account by the artist. Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2003. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 192, illustrated. New copy of an out of print book. ‘Offers an artist’s view of life and art in Sydney during the better part of the 20th …

  • # 44359

    MENGHETTI, Diane

    Sound of our summer seas

    Diane Menghetti ; with pen and ink drawings by Tate Adams, RE. Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2004. Quarto, laminated boards, pp. 40, illustrated. New copy. An illustrated account of the history of Japanese culture and influence in Australia, in conjunction with an exhibition co-ordinated by Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville.

  • # 44216

    FITZPATRICK, Anthony (curator)

    Sidney Nolan : Myth Rider

    Curated by Anthony Fitzpatrick. Melbourne : TarraWarra Museum of Art, November 2021. Quarto, pictorial laminated boards, pp. 152, illustrated. New copy of an out of print title. Catalogue for an Exhibition held at TarraWarra Museum of Art from 4 December 2021 – 6 March 2022. With contributions by Anthony Fitzpatrick, David Hansen, Victoria Lynn, Sarah …

  • # 43541

    [O'BRIEN]. PEARCE, Barry and WILSON, Natalie

    Justin O’Brien : the sacred music of colour

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2010. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 184, richly illustrated in colour throughout, academic text by Barry Pearce and Natalie Wilson, light handling wear, a very good copy.

  • # 43447

    LYNN, Victoria (curator); PICCININI, Patricia; HESTER, Joy

    Patricia Piccinini & Joy Hester : through love

    Melbourne : TarraWarra Museum of Art, November 2018. Quarto, pictorial laminated boards, illustrated endpapers, pp. 126, illustrated. New copy. Catalogue for an Exhibition held at TarraWarra Museum of Art from 24 November 2018 – 11 March 2019. ‘Love and intimacy are the focus of this major exhibition that pairs the work of globally renowned artist Patricia …

  • # 43146

    OPPEN, Monica; LYSSIOTIS, Peter, et al.

    The silent scream.

    Political and social comment in books by artists. Essays by Monica Oppen, Peter Lyssiotis, Walter Struve, Scott McQuire, Humphrey McQueen, Des Cowley. Sydney : Ant Press for Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem, 2011. Quarto, laminated card wrappers, 189 pp. fully illustrated. Produced to accompany the exhibition at Monash University Library of international and Australian artists’ books …

  • # 42360

    BURKE, Janine

    Dear Sun. The letters of Joy Hester and Sunday Reed (from the library of Criss Canning)

    Melbourne : Heinemann, 1995. Octavo, boards in dustjacket, pp. 276, illustrated. Signed by Criss Canning in ink on the title page. Provenance: Criss Canning, acquired in 2023    

  • # 42351

    SMITH, Bernard (1916 - 2011)

    A pavane for another time

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2002. Octavo, boards in dustjacket, pp. 464, illustrated. Long out of print, this is a scarce as-new copy. Bernard Smith’s autobiographical account of life in the 1940s, including Smith’s detailed interactions with Australian painters. Includes portraits of James Gleeson, Leonard French, Inge King, Noel Counihan, Tony Tuckson etc. John McDonald …

  • # 42317

    [STREETON, Arthur]

    Arthur Streeton memorial exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, 5th September to 7th October 1944

    [Melbourne] : National Gallery of Victoria, 1944. Large octavo, printed wrappers (lightly marked), 16 pp, illustrated (6 black and white, 3 colour plates). Essays by R. H. Croll and Lionel Lindsay. Lists 135 works.