Australian Art - General

  • The George Bell Group Exhibition. A tribute to George Bell

    # 45361

    BELL, George

    The George Bell Group Exhibition. A tribute to George Bell

    Melbourne : Eastgate Gallery, 1991. Octavo, illusrtated wrappers, pp. [8], foreword by Alan Sumner, price list enclosed. Works by George Bell, Sir Russell Drysdale, Sali Herman, Geoffrey Jones, Charles Purves Smith, Dr. Clive Stephen, Constance Stokes, Alan Sumner, Alan Warren.

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  • The 100 x 100 Portfolio : 100 prints by 100 Australian artists

    # 44205

    DUXBURY, Lesley (co-ordinator)

    The 100 x 100 Portfolio : 100 prints by 100 Australian artists

    Melbourne : Print Council of Australia, 1988. Solander box (lightly worn) with title label made by Ilme Simmul containing 100 original loose etchings and graphics by Australian artists, each signed end editioned 91 / 100, accompanied by the 64 page illustrated catalogue. A remarkable collection of original artworks by leading Australian printmakers compiled for the …

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  • Angry Penguins. 1944 Autumn Number to Commemorate the Australian Poet Ern Malley

    # 45011

    "MALLEY, Ern" (STEWART, Harold and McAULEY, James)

    Angry Penguins. 1944 Autumn Number to Commemorate the Australian Poet Ern Malley

    Edited by Max Harris and John Reed. Melbourne: Reed & Harris, 1944. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Sidney Nolan (upper wrapper silverfished with a little loss, stained, lower wrapper water stained), pp. 108, water stain to the margins, a good copy of a rare publication. Issue 6. The famous Ern Malley issue, of which 900 copies …

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  • The Boxer collection : modernism, Murrumbeena and Angry Penguins.

    # 45261

    [BOXER, A. H.]

    The Boxer collection : modernism, Murrumbeena and Angry Penguins.

    Canberra : Nolan Gallery, 1981. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 16, illustrated. Illustrations of works by Boyd, Tucker, Blackman, Perceval, Williams, Dickerson et al.

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  • Artists. The Melbourne Art Exchange (from the library of Criss Canning)

    # 45136

    CANNING, Criss et al.

    Artists. The Melbourne Art Exchange (from the library of Criss Canning)

    Melbourne : Melbourne Art Exchange, 1987. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light handling wear), pp. 80, photographic portraits, illustrations. A promotional book fraturing sixteen traditional artists for the Melbourne commercial gallery. This copy is signed by Criss Canning who is featured in the book. From the library of noted Australian artist Criss Canning, signed in ink. …

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  • O'Keeffe, Preston, Cossington Smith : making modernism

    # 45077

    HARDING, Lesley

    O’Keeffe, Preston, Cossington Smith : making modernism

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales and Bulleen  : Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2016. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 206, illustrated. New copy. “Making Modernism brings together the iconic art of American painter Georgia O’Keeffe and pioneering Australian artists, Margaret Preston and Grace Cossington Smith. Though not bound by personal familiarity or direct …

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  • Favourites : Margaret Olley and Barry Humphries choose from public and private collections

    # 44963

    HUMPHRIES, Barry et al.

    Favourites : Margaret Olley and Barry Humphries choose from public and private collections

    Sydney : S.H. Ervin Gallery, 2000. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 8, illustrated, printed catalogue enclosed.

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  • Australian painting today : a survey of the past ten years

    # 45033

    [HUGHES, Robert; Queensland Art Gallery]

    Australian painting today : a survey of the past ten years

    [Brisbane : Printed by Rowan Morcom, 1963]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (foxed and silverfished), 27 pp, b/w illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition arranged by the Queensland Art Gallery with the cooperation of the State art galleries and the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board which toured Australia and Europe from 1963 to 1965. The catalogue has an introduction …

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  • Modern Australian women artists : paintings, prints and potters. The Andrée Harkness Collection (deluxe limited edition)

    # 44585

    GRAY, Anne; JORDAN, Caroline; HOOPER, Juliana

    Modern Australian women artists : paintings, prints and potters. The Andrée Harkness Collection (deluxe limited edition)

    Melbourne : Almaled Pty. Ltd., 2020. Quarto, 280 x 245 mm, gilt-lettered cloth with insert illustration by Dora Meeson, pp. [x]; 244, illustrated, housed in a gilt-lettered slipcase with ribbon drawer. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies, individually numbered, with an additional portrait of Andrée Harkness not found in the trade edition. The rare …

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  • An exhibition of etchings & drawings

    # 44695

    LINDSAY, Lionel et al.

    An exhibition of etchings & drawings

    Held under the auspices of the Society of Artists. Sydney : Farmer’s, 1924. Exhibition catalogue, narrow octavo, pp. [8], lightly foxed, staples rusted. Includes woodcuts by Margaret Preston, drawings by Hans Heysen, Thea Proctor, John Goodchild, Helen Ogilvie, Lloyd Rees, Leslie Wilkinson, B. E. Mines, Harold Herbert, Hardy Wilson, and etchings by Lionel Lindsay, Sydney …

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  • Angry Penguins and realist painting in Melbourne in the 1940’s (with a signed drawing by Yosl Bergner)

    # 44360

    BERGNER, Yosl (1920 - 2017)

    Angry Penguins and realist painting in Melbourne in the 1940’s (with a signed drawing by Yosl Bergner)

    London : Hayward Gallery, 1988. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (after Albert Tucker), pp. 175, illustrated; a very good copy of this substantial catalogue for a travelling exhibition held at South Bank Centre organised by the Australian National Gallery. This copy with a signed presentation inscription and original drawing by Yoel Bergner to the title page. Yosl …

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  • Ern Malley and the “Angry Penguins”

    # 44516

    HORNADGE, Bill

    Ern Malley and the “Angry Penguins”

    Being a review of the greatest hoax in Australia’s literary history, and the subsequent ‘Indecency Trial’. Lismore: W. Hornage, [1945]. Octavo, wrappers illustrated with a sour-faced penguin (light marks), 20pp. A scarce contemporary pamphlet reviewing the literary hoax. A fine copy, with ownership inscription of author and academic John Tregenza to first leaf.  

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  • The Home Annual 1940

    # 44383

    ANNAND, Douglas

    The Home Annual 1940

    Sydney : John Fairfax, 1940. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Douglas Annand (short tears to spine), pp. 92, pale water stain upper right corner, illustrated with fine reproductions of Australian art and photographs from the art deco period. Articles include “Opals” by Frank Hurley, “Western Wild Flowers” by Susannah Prichard, “Dry Spell” by Marjorie Barnard, “Still …

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  • The Home Annual 1939

    # 44385

    ANNAND, Douglas

    The Home Annual 1939

    Sydney : Sydney Morngin Herlamd, October 16th, 1939. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Douglas Annand (some creases and paper loss along spine), pp. 92, illustrated with fine reproductions of Australian art and photographs from the art deco period, and many stylish advertisements. Includes reproductions after Fred Leist and Sydney Long, articles illustrated by Douglas Annand, photography …

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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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  • [HARDY WILSON] Catalogue of drawings of early Greek and Chinese architecture

    # 44559

    WILSON, W. Hardy

    [HARDY WILSON] Catalogue of drawings of early Greek and Chinese architecture

    “On view in the print room of the National Gallery of Victoria” [cover title]. Canberra : L.F. Johnson, Government Printer, 1935. Small quarto, textured card wrappers, original silk ties, [4] pp, including [2] full page plates, a very fine copy. ‘This collection of fifty drawings of the finest examples of Classical Greek and early Chinese …

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