Australian Art - General
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# 49594
THOMS, Albie et al.
Bohemians in the bush : the artists’ camps of Mosman
Text by Albie Thoms ; edited by Barry Pearce and Linda Slutzkin. [Sydney] : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1991. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, spine sunned, pp. 80, illustrated. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Bohemians in the bush, the artists camps of Mosman, 6 June-25 August 1991.
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# 49538
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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# 49532
RIENITS, Rex and Thea
Early artists of Australia
Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1963. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket (light edge wear, silver fishing), patterned endpapers,, pp. x; 246, illustrated. A good copy. A valuable survey of the first European artworks of the Australian continent, including chapters on Cook’s artists, the First Fleet, Thomas Watling, William Westall, John William Lewin, George William Evans, …
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# 49435
GARDNER, Kerry
Australia at the Venice Biennale : a century of contemporary art. (Signed copy)
Melbourne : The Miegunyah Press, 2021. Quarto, laminated boards reproducing a painting by Howard Arkley, pp. 262, extensively illustrated. New copy, signed by the author. With works from Sidney Nolan, Howard Arkley and more, this richly illustrated work illuminates the untold stories and origins of the most important event of the art world. Before the winds …
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# 49424
KENEALLY, Thomas et alia
Australia
London : Royal Academy of Arts, 2013. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 318, illustrated. Marking the first major survey of Australian art in the United Kingdom for 50 years, this catalogue spans more than 200 years from 1800 to the present day and seeks to uncover the fascinating social and cultural evolution of a nation through …
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# 49418
SCARLETT, Ken
Australian sculptors
Melbourne : Thomas Nelson, 1980. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket (light handling wear), previous owner’s name to front pastedown, pp. xx; 730, extensively illustrated. An alphabetical enyclopedia of Australian sculptors, a fine copy.
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# 49414
DAVIES, Alan; STANBURY, Peter
The mechanical eye in Australia: photography, 1841-1900.
Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985. First printing. Quarto (290 x 220 mm), publisher’s black cloth in dust jacket (light edge wear, scattered foxing to inside of jacket), stain to lower edge; illustrated endpapers, 270 pp, profusely illustrated; contents clean throughout; a good copy of the most useful reference work on Australian colonial photography yet …
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# 49400
TOPLISS, Helen
The artists’ camps. ‘Plein-air’ painting in Australia
Melbourne : Hedley Australia Publications, 1992. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth in slipcase (lightly marked), pp. x; 214, extensively illustrated. Impressionism in Australia.
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# 49364
RADFORD, Ron and HYLTON, Jane
Modern Australian women : paintings & prints 1925-1945
Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 2000. Quarto, laminated wrappers (light handling wear), pp. 144, illustrated throughout with colour plates of works by the artists Jean Appleton, Gwen Barringer, Clarice Beckett, Dorrit Black, Elise Blumann, Stella Bowen, Lina Bryans, Ethel Carrick (Fox), Dora Chapman, Sybil Craig, Grace Crowley, Anne Dangar, Bessie Davidson, Agnes Goodsir, …
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# 49345
Christie's Australia Pty. Ltd
The Harold E. Mertz Collection of Australian Art
Melbourne : Christie’s Australia Pty. Ltd., 2000. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, a little sunned at spine, pp. 172, 153 works catalogued, extensively illustrated. The hardcover catalogue for the Mertz Collection, the most valuable single owner collection of Australian art offered to that date, many new records for Australian artists were set at this sale. Masterpieces …
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# 49307
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.
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# 49304
ADAMS, Tate; ZIMMER, Jenny
The Crossley Gallery 1966-1980
Editor Jenny Zimmer; with an introduction by Patrick McCaughey. Macmillan Art Publishing, 2003. Quarto silver-lettered cloth in dustjacket, pp. 220, illustrated throughout. As new copy, mint condition. ‘This book presents the genesis of Tate Adam’s remarkable influence on art in Australia. From the spring of a tiny space in a side street of central Melbourne …
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# 49222
WALLIS, Pip et al.
Queer : stories from the NGV collection
Edited by Ted Gott, Angela Hesson, Myles Russell-Cook, Meg Slater, and Pip Wallis with contributors. Melbourne, Victoria : National Gallery of Victoria, 2021. This quarto, decorated papered boards (lightly marked), pp. xxvii, 598, illustrated. A very good copy. ‘QUEER: Stories from the NGV Collection is more than an exhibition catalogue. This 628-page publication expands on …
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# 49183
LINDSAY, Robert
The seventies : Australian paintings and tapestries from the collection of National Australia Bank
Melbourne : National Bank of Australasia, [1982]. Quarto, illustrated wrapper, pp. 128, illustrated. Preface Sir Robert Law-Smith, introduction Sir Joseph Burke, notes on the collection and on the artists and their works by Robert Lindsay, notes on the tapestries by Sue Walker and Robert Lindsay. Includes works by David Aspden, Sydney Ball, Charles Blackman, Arthur …
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# 49180
PASCOE, William Joseph; FRASER, Katrina Ann
Roar Studios touring exhibition
Melbourne : Shepparton Art Gallery, 1992. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 52, colour illustrations throughout. Exhibition catalogue of 61 works, all illustrated, with essays by Joseph Pascoe and Katrina Fraser. Previous owner’s name to title page.
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# 49172
LINDSAY, Robert
Field to figuration : Australian art 1960-1986
Works from the National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1986. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 128, illustrated. A fine copy. Davida Allen, Howard Arkley, Peter Booth, Mike Brown, George Baldessin, Dale Hickey, Robert Hunter, Colin Lanceley, Bea Maddock, John David, Robert Rooney, Andrew Siblet, Stellarc, Gareth Sansom, Richard Larter, David Larwill, John …