Australian Artists A-D

  • Criss Canning : the pursuit of beauty (first edition)

    # 47196

    THOMAS, David.

    Criss Canning : the pursuit of beauty (first edition)

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2007. First edition. Quarto, boards in dust jacket, pp 192, fully illustrated. First edition. Written and published to coincide with the artist’s retrospective exhibition at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, both standard and deluxe editions quickly sold out; as did all four editions. ‘David Thomas’ Monograph, tracing Criss Canning’s career as an …

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  • Charles Blackman : works on paper 1950-1990

    # 47187

    BLACKMAN, Charles (1928 - 2018)

    Charles Blackman : works on paper 1950-1990

    Brisbane : Joel Fine Art, 2007. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 32, illustrated. Essay by Michael Fox. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Joel Fine Art, Paddington Qld., 1 December 2007-20 January 2008. ‘Charles Blackman’s drawings retain a vitality and immediacy that focus on the human presence in relation to the external environment and externalize all …

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  • A Modern Vision : Charles Bayliss, Photographer 1850-1897

    # 47178

    ENNIS, Helen

    A Modern Vision : Charles Bayliss, Photographer 1850-1897

    Canberra : National Library, 2008. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 62, illustrated.

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  • Power to the people: The art of Mike Brown

    # 47177

    HAESE, Richard; BROWN, Mike; NODRUM, Charles

    Power to the people: The art of Mike Brown

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1995. Quarto, blank wrappers with pictorial dustjacket, light handling wear, pp 116.

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  • Peter Booth : recent paintings

    # 47176

    [BOOTH, Peter]

    Peter Booth : recent paintings

    Melbourne : Deutscher Brunswick Street, 1990. Pictorial wrappers, [40pp]. Illustrated in full colour with introduction by Robert Lindsay, and ‘A Personal Appreciation’ by John Embling. Price list enclosed.

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  • John Borrack : a retrospective 1956-1996 (signed copy)

    # 47175

    TRENERRY, Elizabeth (editor)

    John Borrack : a retrospective 1956-1996 (signed copy)

    South Morang, Vic. : City of Whittlesea, 1996. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, slight wave to text block, pp. 96, illustrated. Signed and inscribed by the artist. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the City of Whittlesea Art Gallery 1 Mar.-31 May 1996, curators: Gillian Borrack and Elizabeth Trenerry.

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  • Three creative fellows : Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Narritjin Maymuru

    # 47172

    EAGLE, Mary et al.

    Three creative fellows : Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Narritjin Maymuru

    Canberra : Australian National University, 2007. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 72, illustrated. Includes folding panels of Nolan’s nine part series Riverbend. New copy. This catalogue presents works by three prominent Australian artists – Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Narritjin Maymuru – featured in the exhibition Three Creative Fellows, at the Drill Hall Gallery from 9 …

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  • Richard Bell : Positivity (signed copy)

    # 47171

    BELL, Richard

    Richard Bell : Positivity (signed copy)

    Brisbane : Institute of Modern Art, c. 2007. Brisbane aboriginal artist Richard Bell’s work develops out of protest politics, responding to a history of oppression and discrimination. While he challenges non-aboriginal artists who appropriate aboriginal imagery, he is an appropriation artist himself, borrowing from artists like Imants Tillers and Emily Kngwarreye to score his points. His …

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  • Cutting through time. Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, and the Japanese Print

    # 47162

    SMITH, Jason

    Cutting through time. Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, and the Japanese Print

    Geelong : Geelong Gallery, 2024. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 96, illustrated. Fine copy. Catalogue for the exhibition of the same name. Quickly sold out. ‘This exceptionally beautiful Geelong Gallery-curated exhibition will examine the influence of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) on the famed contemporary Australian painter and printmaker, Cressida Campbell (born 1960), and on the …

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  • Art in Australia (complete set)

    # 47043

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia (complete set)

    Art in Australia. Series 1, No. 1 – Series 4, No. 6 (1916 – 1942). Completes set. Series 1 (11 issues, quarto), Series 2 (2 issues, large quarto), Series 3 (80 issues, quarto), Series 4 (6 issues, large quarto). Illustrated wrappers, occasional chipping and flecking, extensively illustrated, tipped-in plates, a very good set. The most …

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  • Under the spell of the tall poppies : from the series "Oz" (1998)

    # 47090

    DEACON, Destiny (1957-2024)

    Under the spell of the tall poppies : from the series “Oz” (1998)

    Bubblejet print from Polaroid photograph, 32.0 x 26.0 cm (sheet 42.0 x 29.5 cm); printed by the artist, not signed; light crease to the right of centre, else fine; unframed. This image from Indigenous artist Destiny Deacon’s digitally-printed Oz series was originally issued in an edition of 15, in a large format. This smaller scale …

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  • An exquisite eye : the Australian flora & fauna drawings 1801-1820 of Ferdinand Bauer

    # 47135

    WATTS, Peter et al.

    An exquisite eye : the Australian flora & fauna drawings 1801-1820 of Ferdinand Bauer

    Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 1997. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 167, illustrated. A very good copy. “This publication coincides with an exhibition of the same title held at the Focus Gallery, Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House, between 13 December 1997 and 19 April 1998.”

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  • Picturing the island

    # 47112

    CRAWFORD, Marian (1955 - )

    Picturing the island

    Melbourne : the artist, 2016. Quarto, illustrated wrappers with wraparound title band, pp. [52], illustrated. A contemporary photobook created by Melbourne artist Marian Crawford, drawing on her memories growing up on Babana (contemporary Kiribati) and using historical photographs of what was at the time known as the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. ‘Picturing the Island takes …

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  • Ian W. Abdulla : Elvis has entered the building

    # 47087

    FOX, Stephen and MAUGHAN, Janet

    Ian W. Abdulla : Elvis has entered the building

    Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2003. Quarto, 280 x 240 mm mm, boards in dustjacket, pp. 104, illustrated. New copy. For a painter who wishes to be remembered as a ‘quiet lad’, Ian Abdulla has been creating quite a stir over the last 15 years. He is recognised as one of Australia’s most distinctive and appealing …

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  • The art of John Brack

    # 47081

    [BRACK]. GRISHIN, Sasha.

    The art of John Brack

    Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1990. Two volumes quarto, clothbound with gilt-stamped spines in matching slipcase, a superior example with only light rubbing to the gilt, 236; 262pp. Volume one is a series of essays by Grishin on various elements of Brack’s oeuvre while volume two is a catalogue raisonne of oil paintings, works on paper …

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  • Art in Australia. A quarterly magazine. Third series, number sixty-six.

    # 47045

    Sydney Ure Smith.

    Art in Australia. A quarterly magazine. Third series, number sixty-six.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1937. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers with Margaret Preston design, 88pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, very clean internally, a fine copy. Features articles on Arthur Streeton’s recent works, the Archibald Competition, Mary Edwards. Also includes colour and black and …

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