Australian Artists A-D
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# 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.
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# 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 …
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# 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.
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# 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.
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# 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 …
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# 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.
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# 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 …
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# 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.
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# 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.
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# 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 …
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# 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.
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# 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’ …
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# 47741
ENNIS, Helen
A Modern Vision : Charles Bayliss, Photographer 1850-1897
Canberra : National Library, 2008. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 62, illustrated.
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# 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.
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# 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.
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# 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.