Australian Artists A-D
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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.
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# 47649
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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# 47648
CANNING, Criss
Criss Canning 2008
Melbourne : Metro 5 Gallery, 2008. Small quarto, blind embossed diecut wrappers, pp. 24, illustrated. Fine copy.
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# 47620
MORGAN, Kendrah (editor)
Charles Blackman Schoolgirls
Melbourne : Heide Gallery, 2017. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 80, illustrated. Essays by Kendrah Morgan and Trish Wallace-Crabbe, list of works by Geoffrey Smith. Fine copy.
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# 47643
AUDETTE, Yvonne
Yvonne Audette. Paintings and drawings 1949 – 2014
Essays by Christopher Heathcote, Bruce James, Gerard Vaughan and Kristy Grant. With a preface by Chris Wallace-Crabbe. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2014 (revised edition). Folio, boards in dustjacket, pp. 256, extensively illustrated. A new, pristine copy in publisher’s shrink-wrap. First published in 2003 and reissued in a revised and expanded edition in 2014 (as here), this …
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# 47618
[CAMPBELL]. CRAYFORD, Peter.
The woodblock painting of Cressida Campbell (second edition)
Sydney: Public Pictures, 2009. Second edition. Thick quarto, cloth in dustjacket, pp. 360 profusely illustrated. All editions of this reference on Campbell have sold out and are scarce in the market. A fine copy. “Born in 1960 in Sydney, Cressida Campbell is one of Australia’s most uncompromising artists. She studied at East Sydney Technical College …
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# 47614
NORST, Marlene J.
Ferdinand Bauer : the Australian natural history drawings
Melbourne : Lothian, 1989. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 120, illustrated.
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# 47610
STEPHENS, Andrew; BOWEN, Dean
Nitty-Gritty : The Sculpture of Dean Bowen
Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2021. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 232, extensively illustrated. New copy, sealed in shrinkwrap. This spectacular book presents a richly illustrated record of the sculptural practice of Dean Bowen, whose thematically related paintings and prints featured in 2009 in Argy-Bargy, a twin volume. Hundreds of bronze sculptures by the artist …
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# 47609
THOMAS, David
The life and art of Rupert Bunny : a catalogue raisonné in two volumes.
Melbourne : Thames & Hudson Australia, 2017. Two volumes, quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 88. 208, extensively illustrated, in buckram slipcase. Slipcase slightly marked, else a fine copy. ‘Australia’s most internationally acclaimed artist of his time, Rupert Bunny’s life and career was predominantly spent in France before his return to Australia. Combining research from previously unknown …
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# 47607
CANNING, Criss
Criss Canning : Instagram moments (from the library of Criss Canning)
Unpublished : the artist, 2020. Oblong quarto, illustrated boards, approximately 160 pages, illustrated with photographs taken from the artist’s Instagram account, documenting her painting, home, garden and travels. Printed in an edition of 10 copies for family. A self-published book of reminiscences and inspiration created by Criss Canning during the COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia in …
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# 47605
ELLEM, Barry and BUCKMASTER, Norman
Art by Ernest Buckmaster
Foreword by Sir William Dargie. Melbourne : Evelyn Fine Arts, 1993. Quarto, cloth in slipcase, pp. 150 illustrated in colour. Limited to 1000 copies signed by Norman Buckmaster. Three reproductions loosely enclosed, along with a catalogue of a show of Buckmaster’s work at The Windsor Hotel. A fine copy.
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# 47346
[CAMPBELL]. CRAYFORD, Peter.
The woodblock painting of Cressida Campbell (third edition)
Sydney: Public Pictures, 2010. Third edition. Thick quarto, cloth in dustjacket (light rubbing and edge wear), pp. 360 profusely illustrated. All editions of this reference on Campbell sold out and are scarce in the market. A very presentable copy. “Born in 1960 in Sydney, Cressida Campbell is one of Australia’s most uncompromising artists. She studied …
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# 47547
BARTON, Del Kathryn
Del Kathryn Barton : the highway is a disco (deluxe edition)
Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2017. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. xii, 121, illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies, specially bound, with an original signed inkjet print by Del Kathryn Barton, signed by the artist. A mint copy of a rare edition which is sold out. ‘On the occasion of the exhibition Del …
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# 47309
BARAKI, Bashir; ZIMMER, Jenny
Rococo recollections
by Bashir Baraki ; with an introduction by Jenny Zimmer. Melbourne : the author, 1995. Small folio, cloth bound card case with ribbon tie, containing a paper portfolio housing sheets of text and images. A fine copy. ‘Printed on acid-free Ingres Vidalon in a limited edition of 15 copies with 3 additional copies, ‘hors commerce’, …
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# 47531
THOMSON, Frances
Tate Adams : In Black and White
Melbourne : Hardie Grant Australia, 2024. Octavo, illustrated boards, pp. 287, illustrated. New copy. ‘This richly detailed biography, with almost 200 illustrations and extensive biographical and bibliographical data, records the life of an artist Tate Adams, whose influence on Australia’s post-war art scene was significant in numerous ways. Adams attempted to raise the status of …
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# 47423
[BALDESSIN]. LINDSAY, Robert and HOLLOWAY, Memory.
George Baldessin: Sculpture and etchings. A memorial exhibition
Melbourne: NGV, 1983. Folio, illustrated silver wrappers (lightly scuffed and creased), 152pp. extensively illustrated. Some unobtrusive pen markings but a very good copy, an important retrospective.