Australian Artists A-D

  • 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.

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

    # 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 …

  • Criss Canning 2008

    # 47648

    CANNING, Criss

    Criss Canning 2008

    Melbourne : Metro 5 Gallery, 2008. Small quarto, blind embossed diecut wrappers, pp. 24, illustrated. Fine copy.

  • Charles Blackman Schoolgirls

    # 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.

  • Yvonne Audette. Paintings and drawings 1949 - 2014

    # 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 …

  • The woodblock painting of Cressida Campbell (second edition)

    # 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 …

  • Ferdinand Bauer : the Australian natural history drawings

    # 47614

    NORST, Marlene J.

    Ferdinand Bauer : the Australian natural history drawings

    Melbourne : Lothian, 1989. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 120, illustrated.

  • Nitty-Gritty : The Sculpture of Dean Bowen

    # 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 …

  • The life and art of Rupert Bunny : a catalogue raisonné in two volumes.

    # 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 …

  • Criss Canning : Instagram moments (from the library of Criss Canning)

    # 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 …

  • Art by Ernest Buckmaster

    # 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.

  • The woodblock painting of Cressida Campbell (third edition)

    # 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 …

  • Del Kathryn Barton : the highway is a disco (deluxe edition)

    # 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 …

  • Rococo recollections

    # 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’, …

  • Tate Adams : In Black and White

    # 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 …

  • George Baldessin: Sculpture and etchings. A memorial exhibition

    # 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.