Australian Art - General

  • Manuscripts : a miscellany of art and letters : no. 2.

    # 51552

    MILLER, Harry Tatlock

    Manuscripts : a miscellany of art and letters : no. 2.

    Geelong, Vic. : at the Bookshop [H. Tatlock Miller, proprietor], [1932]. Quarto, pictorial card wrappers designed by A.N. Baldwinson (a few light marks), 134 pp (edges with light foxing), illustrated. This issue printed in an edition of 750 copies. Harry Tatlock Miller edited and published this important quarterly journal of Australian art and literature between …

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  • Manuscripts : a miscellany of art and letters : no. 4. February 1933

    # 51551

    MILLER, Harry Tatlock

    Manuscripts : a miscellany of art and letters : no. 4. February 1933

    Geelong, Vic. : at the Bookshop [H. Tatlock Miller, proprietor], 1934. Quarto, pictorial card wrappers designed by A.N. Baldwinson (a few light marks), 73 pp (edges with light foxing), illustrated. Harry Tatlock Miller edited and published this important quarterly journal of Australian art and literature between 1931 and 1935. Lacking the resources to print illustrations …

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  • [MARGARET PRESTON] Sydney streets

    # 51311

    BERTIE, Charles H.

    [MARGARET PRESTON] Sydney streets

    Sydney : Art in Australia Ltd., 1928. Octavo, orange card covers, with a Preston woodcut reproduced on the front panel (a couple of small stains), title page reproducing Margaret Preston woodcut of St. Philip’s Church, [10] pp text, [10] leaves with tipped-in sepia-tone plates of Harold Cazneaux photographs, etchings by E. Warner and J.C. Goodchild, …

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  • The Home Annual

    # 44384

    FEINT, Adrian

    The Home Annual

    Sydney : Art in Australia, 1st October, 1932. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Adrian Feint (staples rusted), pp. 66, illustrated with fine reproductions of Australian art and photographs from the art deco period. Includes reproductions after Margaret Preston, Hans Heysen and Kenneth Macqueen, photography by Cazneaux and Hoppe, and articles on architectural design, and Australian travel …

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  • The Sydney art patronage system 1890-1940

    # 51572

    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 Margaret Preston, Norman Lindsay, Lionel Lindsay and other artists of the period. A mint copy.

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  • ROAR re-viewed 30 years on

    # 51568

    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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  • 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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  • Australians at home : a documentary history of Australian domestic interiors from 1788 to 1914

    # 51534

    LANE, Terence; SEARLE, Jessie

    Australians at home : a documentary history of Australian domestic interiors from 1788 to 1914

    Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1990. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (spine sunned, edges lightly rubbed), pp. 449, extensively illustrated. A very good copy. “This study of Australian home interiors surveys the decoration, arrangement, and use of domestic interiors from the time the Europeans settled at Sydney Cove in the eighteenth century until 1914. Richly illustrated …

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  • The Melbourne Album. Comprising a series of elegant, tinted, lithographic views of Melbourne and surrounding districts

    # 51512

    TROEDEL & COOPER

    The Melbourne Album. Comprising a series of elegant, tinted, lithographic views of Melbourne and surrounding districts

    Reproduced and printed by Troedel & Cooper Pty. Ltd. Edited by Clive Turnbull. Melbourne : Georgian House, 1961. Oblong quarto, cloth (a little foxed), with gilt-lettered leather title label in slipcase (faded), some reproduction prints of Melbourne enclosed, pp. 92, illustrated. Facsimile of the 1863 edition.  

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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