Australian Artists A-D

  • Twelve photographs by Robert Besanko in postcard format.

    # 47753

    BESANKO, Robert (1951- )

    Twelve photographs by Robert Besanko in postcard format.

    [Melbourne : The Graphic Bank, 1987]. Group of 12 postcards reproducing works by Australian photographer Robert Besanko; uniform 111 x 161 mm format, all in mint condition.

  • Yosl Bergner : art as a meeting of cultures

    # 47777

    KLEPNER, Frank

    Yosl Bergner : art as a meeting of cultures

    With a preface by Bernard Smith. Melbourne, Vic. : Macmillan, 2004. Octavo, boards in dustjacket, pp. 160, illustrated. A fine copy, as new. ‘The painter Yosl Bergner was born in Vienna in 1920, arrived in Australia in 1937 and migrated to Israel in 1950. Melbourne scholar, Frank Klepner, provides a richly-detailed history of Bergner’s Australian …

  • Criss Canning (signed copy)

    # 47773

    CANNING, Criss (1947 - )

    Criss Canning (signed copy)

    Melbourne : Smith & Singer, 2020. Quarto, gilt-lettered black cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 40, illustrated with 15 oil paintings by the artist. Signed by the artist on the endpaper. Hardcover exhibition catalogue of the popular still life painter. Printed in a small edition of approximately 300 copies.

  • Criss Canning

    # 47771

    McGREGOR, Ken and ZIMMER, Jenny

    Criss Canning

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2010 Series: Macmillan mini-art series number 5. Small square octavo, pictorial boards in dust jacket, 144 pp extensively illustrated. An as new copy.

  • Criss Canning : the pursuit of beauty (mint copy)

    # 47766

    THOMAS, David.

    Criss Canning : the pursuit of beauty (mint copy)

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2013. Third edition. Quarto, boards in dust jacket, pp 192, fully illustrated. Written and published to coincide with the artist’s retrospective exhibition at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery. All three editions quickly sold out, as well as a fourth, and are highly sought after. Mint copy, still sealed in publisher’s shrink-wrap. ‘David …

  • Gordon Bennett

    # 47749

    BENNETT, Gordon

    Gordon Bennett

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2007. Quarto, illustrated cards, pp. 136, illustrated. This publication accompanies an exhibition with the same title which toured Brisbane, Darwin and Perth. It examined the artist’s work since 1987.

  • The art of the Boyds : generations of artistic achievement.

    # 47748

    [BOYD]. DOBREZ, Patricia and HERBST, Peter

    The art of the Boyds : generations of artistic achievement.

    Sydney : Bay Books, [1990]. Quarto, boards with pictorial dust jacket, light handling marks, pp. 232, illustrated throughout with colour and monochrome plates of the Boyd family’s artworks and family photographs. Contains text by Patricia Dobrez and Peter Herbst. A fine copy, with a large presentation inscription by art dealer Dennis Savill to the front …

  • The passionate journey. David Boyd retrospective. Images from 1935 to 2001

    # 47747

    BOYD, David; AMADIO, Nadine

    The passionate journey. David Boyd retrospective. Images from 1935 to 2001

    Sydney : May Street Galleries, 2004. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 127, illustrated.

  • James Cant & Dora Chapman

    # 47746

    CAMPBELL, Jean

    James Cant & Dora Chapman

    With an introduction by Ron Radford and a memoir by Malcolm Otton. Sydney : The Beagle Press, 1995. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 160, extensively illustrated. A fine copy. The lives and work of artists James Cant and Dora Chapman were closely intertwined, this book assesses their contributions to Australian art.

  • Take a Bowery : The art (and larger than) life of Leigh Bowery

    # 47745

    [BOWERY, Leigh]

    Take a Bowery : The art (and larger than) life of Leigh Bowery

    Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003. Small quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 184, illustrated throughout, a fine copy in mint condition. Scarce. ‘Take a Bowery: The Art and (larger than) Life of Leigh Bowery examined the extraordinary contribution to performance, fashion design and visual culture of the late Australian-born, London-based performance artist, Leigh Bowery. Incorporating …

  • Arthur Boyd. Etchings and lithographs

    # 47743

    BOYD, Arthur (1920 - 1999)

    Arthur Boyd. Etchings and lithographs

    Introduction by Imre von Maltzahn. London : Lund Humphries in association with Maltzahn Gallery, 1971. Quarto, boards in illustrated dust jacket (lightly marked), 114 pp, preliminaries foxed, extensively illustrated. Essentially a catalogue raisonné of Boyd’s graphics up to 1970, and a most useful reference. A good copy.

  • Kevin Connor paintings and drawings 1983 - 2016 (deluxe edition)

    # 47742

    CONNOR, Kevin; HASTINGS, Elizabeth

    Kevin Connor paintings and drawings 1983 – 2016 (deluxe edition)

    Selected and edited by Lou Klepac. With contributions by Barry Pearce, Hendrik Kolenberg and Margaret Connor. Sydney : The Beagle Press, 2016. Quarto, lettered black cloth in matching slipcase, pp. 204, fully illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 25 copies, spcially bound, signed by the artist, with an original signed etching ‘Figure on Observatory Hill’ …

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

    # 47741

    ENNIS, Helen

    A Modern Vision : Charles Bayliss, Photographer 1850-1897

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

  • George French Angas. Artist, traveller and naturalist 1822-1886.

    # 47740

    TREGENZA, John.

    George French Angas. Artist, traveller and naturalist 1822-1886.

    Adelaide : Art Gallery Board of South Australia, 1980. Quarto, boards with illustrated dust jacket, pp. 88,  scholarly text by John Tregenza, illustrated throughout with over 50 colour and black & white plates of George French Angas’ works, a very good copy.

  • George French Angas : South Australia illustrated.

    # 43478

    ANDREWS, Rebecca

    George French Angas : South Australia illustrated.

    Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, [2006]. Quarto, folded card, pp. [8], illustrated. Catalogue of a touring exhibition held Carrick Hill, Adelaide, 5 April-30 June, 2006 and 4 other South Australian venues.

  • Clarice Beckett. Politically Incorrect

    # 47665

    BECKETT, Clarice; HOLLINRAKE, Rosalind

    Clarice Beckett. Politically Incorrect

    Melbourne: Ian Potter Museum of Art, 1999. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (sunned, as almost always has occurred to this binding to some extent), 76pp., illustrated. Printed in an edition of 2000 copies, now very scarce.