Australian Art - General

  • The D.R. Sheumack Collection : eighty years of Australian painting.

    # 51507

    CHRISTIE, Robyn and MILLER, Justin.

    The D.R. Sheumack Collection : eighty years of Australian painting.

    Compiled by Robyn Christie and Justin Miller. Sydney : Sotheby’s Australia, 1988. Quarto, silver-lettered cloth in illustrated dustjacket (spine sunned, light handling creases), pp. [148], illustrated. Catalogue of one of the finest collection of traditional Australian paintings formed in the past century. Includes works by Norman Lindsay, William Dobell, Tom Roberts, Hans Heysen etc.

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  • Catalogue of the magnificent furniture, art treasures, costly appointments and effects ... throughout the residence 'Wyldefel', Wylde Street, Potts Point.

    # 51472

    LAWSON, James R.

    Catalogue of the magnificent furniture, art treasures, costly appointments and effects … throughout the residence ‘Wyldefel’, Wylde Street, Potts Point.

    Sydney : James R. Lawson, 1935. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, marked with tears to the yapp edges, pp. 132, occasional foxing. Lavish catalogue of the opulent contents of ‘Wyldefel’ owned by Mr. W. A. Crowle. Includes rare Lalique glass, silver, Chinese ivory and Japanese antiques, exhibition quality furniture etc. The artworks include numerous etchings by Norman …

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  • The Sydney art patronage system 1890-1940

    # 51436

    JOHNSON, Heather

    The Sydney art patronage system 1890-1940

    Grass Point [N.S.W.] : Bungoona Technologies, 1997. Octavo, lettered wrappers, pp. 279, black and white illustrations. Scarce. Includes numerous references to Norman Lindsay, Lionel Lindsay and other artists of the period. A mint copy.

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  • Belle-Île : Monet, Russell & Matisse in Brittany

    # 51435

    PRUNSTER, Ursula

    Belle-Île : Monet, Russell & Matisse in Brittany

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2001. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (small crease to inner flap), pp. 132, illustrated. Curated by Ursula Prunster with contributions by Ann Galbally, Albie Thoms and Paula Dredge.  

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  • ROAR re-viewed 30 years on

    # 51427

    MORGAN, Denise

    ROAR re-viewed 30 years on

    with an introduction by Sasha Grishin. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2011. Quarto, cloth-covered boards with paste-down illustration, stitching exposed on spine with title (as issued), illustrated thoroughly throughout, text by Denise Morgan. The black boards variant. A publication on the Melbourne Roar Studios and the artists who were its contigents. Sasha Grishin not only descirbed ROAR …

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  • Modern Australian women artists : paintings, prints and potters. The Andrée Harkness Collection

    # 51425

    GRAY, Anne; JORDAN, Caroline; HOOPER, Juliana

    Modern Australian women artists : paintings, prints and potters. The Andrée Harkness Collection

    Melbourne : Almaled Pty. Ltd., 2020. Quarto, illustrated boards (reproducing the woodcut Mosman Bridge by Margaret Preston), pp. [x]; 242, illustrated. New copy of an out of print title. ‘The most comprehensive book on modern Australian women artists published, this book represents some of Australia’s most important women artists between 1870s-1960s, a dynamic period in …

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  • Australian women artists 1840 - 1940

    # 51330

    BURKE, Janine

    Australian women artists 1840 – 1940

    Melbourne : Greenhouse, 1980. First edition. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light edge wear and handling marks), pp. 188, illustrated. Includes biographical details on colonial, impressionist and modernist painters. Includes works by Grace Crowley, Clarice Beckett, Ethel Spowers, Margaret Preston, Eveline Syme, A.M.E. Bale, Jean Bellette, Dorrit Black, Lina Bryans, Sybil Craig, Ethel Carrick Fox, Bessie …

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  • The Tasmanian Aboriginal in Art

    # 51320

    JONES, Rhys

    The Tasmanian Aboriginal in Art

    Hobart : Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1976. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 24, illustrated. Text by Rhys Jones. Catalogue of 115 works, including works by Arago, Bock, Becker, Dowling, Duterrau, Glover, Gould, Lesueur, Simkinson de Wesselow, Webber and photographs by Nixon, Winter, Woolley, and others.  

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  • Crossing Cultures : Conflict, Migration and Convergence - The Proceedings of the 32nd International Congress of the History of Art

    # 51318

    ANDERSON, Jaynie

    Crossing Cultures : Conflict, Migration and Convergence – The Proceedings of the 32nd International Congress of the History of Art

    Edited by Jaynie Anderson, President of the International Committee of Art. Melbourne : The Miegunyah Press, 2009. Thick quarto, gilt-lettered cloth, image after Tommy McRae on upper board, pp. xviii; 1108, illustrated. A fine copy. Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration and Convergence is an in-depth examination of the effect of globalism on art and art history. …

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  • Natural Collection

    # 51313

    [Warringah Printmakers Studio]; ANSON, Jennifer

    Natural Collection

    Sydney : Warringah Printmakers Studio, 2017. Elephant folio with printed wrappers, housed in buckram clamshell case with matching printed lining, in printed calico bag. A publication of twenty-nine prints of varying method, showing flora and fauna of Northern Sydney, accompanied by artists’ statements and scientific descriptions. Limited to an edition of 10 copies, with signatures …

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  • Henry Salkauskas. June twenty-seven to July three 1961

    # 51264

    SALKAUSKAS, Henry

    Henry Salkauskas. June twenty-seven to July three 1961

    Sydney : Macquarie Galleries, 1961. Duodecimo, printed catalogue, list of 22 works.

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  • Feather and Brush : three centuries of Australian bird art

    # 51242

    OLSEN, Penny

    Feather and Brush : three centuries of Australian bird art

    Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, 2001. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light handling marks), pp. 228, a very good copy. This volume traces the 300-year history of bird art in Australia, from the crudely illustrated records of the earliest European voyages of discovery to the diversity of artwork available at the start of the 21st century. There …

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  • Collecting ladies. Ferdinand von Mueller and women botanical artists

    # 51234

    OLSEN, Penny

    Collecting ladies. Ferdinand von Mueller and women botanical artists

    Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2013. Quarto, illustrated cards, light handling marks, corners a little bumped, pp. 238, illustrated. Scarce. “Around 1870, Ferdinand von Mueller (1825-1896), the greatest Australian botanist of the nineteenth century, began to advertise in several newspapers across Australia for ‘lady’ plant collectors. While only about ten per cent of Mueller’s …

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  • Australian Surrealism : The Agapitos/Wilson Collection

    # 51231

    JAMES, Bruce

    Australian Surrealism : The Agapitos/Wilson Collection

    Sydney : The Beagle Press, 2003. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 204, illustrated. A fine copy. ‘Documents the private collection of Australian Surrealist art amassed since 1990 by James Agapitos and Ray Wilson. Covering the period 1925-19955, the collection features major works by the artists influenced by the Surrealist movement, and documents the surprising prevalence …

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  • Claude Flight and his followers : the colour linocut movement between the wars

    # 51182

    COPPEL, Stephen

    Claude Flight and his followers : the colour linocut movement between the wars

    Canberra : Australian National Gallery, 1992. Folio, illustrated wrappers, pp. 24, illustrated. Includes artists such as Ethel Spowers, Eveline Syme, Sybil Andrews, Cyril E. Power, Lill Tschudi, Dorrit Black, Eileen Mayo, etc. Loosely enclosed : the folding illustrated ‘Activity Sheet’ for the exhibition and a silver gelatine print of what appears to be an interior …

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  • The Field revisited

    # 51175

    JACKS, Robert et al.

    The Field revisited

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria 2018. Two volumes in plastic slipcase, quarto, each with diecut wrappers, the first volume being a 144 page monograph on the seminal exhibition of Australian modernism held in 1968, the second volume being a 96 page facsimile of the rare original 1968 catalogue. Very good condition, some light handling …

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