Australian Artists A-D

  • Roy de Maistre. The Australian Years 1894 - 1930

    # 43567

    JOHNSON, Heather

    Roy de Maistre. The Australian Years 1894 – 1930

    Sydney : Craftsman House, 1988. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (laminate lifting), pp. 138, illustrated in colour throughout. The main scholarly text on this period of De Maistre’s career, including a list of exhibitions, bibliography and biography.      

  • The Lost Domains

    # 43553

    [BLACKMAN]. AMADIO, Nadine

    The Lost Domains

    Sydney: Reed, 1980. First edition. Large folio, boards in illustrated dust jacket, light foxing to endpapers and preliminaries, housed in a cloth slipcase, 144pp, magnificently illustrated with Blackman’s paintings of his most famous series, including Alice in Wonderland, Schoolgirls, Gardens, Nudes, Children Playing etc. An important monograph.

  • Juan Davila (signed copy)

    # 43538

    [DAVILA]. BRETT, Guy and BENJAMIN, Roger

    Juan Davila (signed copy)

    with writings by Juan Davila. Melbourne : The Miegunya Press, 2006. Quarto, cloth covered boards with illustrated dust jacket, pp. 254, foreword by Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, essays by Guy Brett and Roger Benjamin, extensive text by Davila on his work from the 1970s through to the 2000s covering topics of Aboriginality, Adelaide, Woomera and Courbet. …

  • David Davies : paintings, at Malvern Fine Art Gallery

    # 43458

    [DAVIES, David]

    David Davies : paintings, at Malvern Fine Art Gallery

    [Melbourne : Malvern Fine Art Gallery, 1978]. Quarto, folding card, bifold. Announcement of the exhibition held at Malvern Fine Art Gallery, presented by Tony Cowden. List of locations works have been exhibited from.

  • A line around a dream : Charles Blackman

    # 43454

    GRANEK, Walter

    A line around a dream : Charles Blackman

    Melbourne : [Laurine Diggins Fine Art, 1994]. Folio, pictorial wrappers, 36pp, illustrated with colour images.

  • Paintings by Rupert Bunny from private collections

    # 42531

    [BUNNY, Rupert].

    Paintings by Rupert Bunny from private collections

    Langwarrin : McClelland Gallery, [1972]. Narrow folio, exhibition catalogue, pp. [4], introduction by David Thomas, catalogue of 67 works.

  • Art of the Absolons : John Absolon of London & John de Mansfield Absolon in Western Australia 1869-1879 (deluxe edition)

    # 42618

    ZIMMER, Jenny

    Art of the Absolons : John Absolon of London & John de Mansfield Absolon in Western Australia 1869-1879 (deluxe edition)

    Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2020. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth with pictorial inlay, pp 192, illustrated, in matching slipcase. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies signed and numbered by the author. ‘John Absolon was a well-known nineteenth-century London water-colour artist. John de Mansfield Absolon, one of his artist sons, married a daughter of Robert Mace …

  • Howard Arkley

    # 43315

    ARKLEY, Howard (1951 - 1999)

    Howard Arkley

    Melbourne : Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, 2006. Octavo, illustrated wrappers (with an image of Arkley’s portrait of Nick Cave), pp. 30, a fine copy of this illustrated catalogue of Arkley’s 2006 exhibition at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square Brochure and exhibition prepared by Jason Smith, additional …

  • Suppression = alienation = oppression

    # 42765

    CLARKE, Glen

    Suppression = alienation = oppression

    Melbourne : Champion, 1979. Quarto, coil bound, illustrated wrappers, pp. [44], photographically illustrated. Photographically illustrated artist’s book.

  • Drawings of Sir William Dobell 1930 - 1970

    # 43299

    DOBELL, William

    Drawings of Sir William Dobell 1930 – 1970

    Newcastle : Newcastle City Art Gallery, 1971. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 8, illustrated.

  • Sir William Dobell. Recent paintings

    # 43298

    DOBELL, WIlliam et al

    Sir William Dobell. Recent paintings

    Newcastle : Newcastle City Art Gallery, 1970. Octavo, folding exhibition catalogue, pp. [6], cover illustration, slight creasing else a very good copy. Accompanied by the exhibition invite card, the list of forthcoming exhibitions at Newcastle City Art Gallery, and an advertising brochure for the Home and Studio of Sir William Dobell.

  • Howard Arkley : The home show. Australian Pavilion, 48th Venice Biennale of Art 1999 (with associated invitations and cards)

    # 43151

    ARKLEY, Howard (1951 - 1999)

    Howard Arkley : The home show. Australian Pavilion, 48th Venice Biennale of Art 1999 (with associated invitations and cards)

    Melbourne : Australia Council, 1999. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 44, colour illustrations. A fine copy. Loosely enclosed, the illustrated invitation card for the Australian Launch of the exhibition at Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne; the diecut illustrated invitation card for the Venetian Launch of the exhibition; and six illustrated postcards from the exhibition, one inscribed to noted …

  • Lawrence Daws : asylum in Eden (signed  presentation copy for Criss Canning)

    # 43076

    [DAWS, Lawrence]. BRUCE, Candice

    Lawrence Daws : asylum in Eden (signed presentation copy for Criss Canning)

    Brisbane : University of Queensland Art Museum, 2000. Quarto, pictorial wrappers, pp. 152, signed and inscribed by Lawrence Daws on title page to contemporary painter Criss Canning, illustrated throughout with colour and black & white plates, scholarly text, artist biography, list of solo and group exhibitions and public collections. A fine copy.

  • Gordon Bennett

    # 43068

    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.

  • An autobiography of a laughing jackass

    # 42868

    BOOTHBY, Mabel F. (1870 - 1944)

    An autobiography of a laughing jackass

    Melbourne : P.T. Law & Co., [1916]. Second edition. Octavo, illustrated wrappers (light edge wear), string bound, a few marks to the lower wrapper, gift inscription to title page, dated 1916, pp. 12, one colour and one folding black and white plate, light toning, a good example. A charming children’s book about the daily life …

  • Criss Canning : new works from the studio

    # 42564

    CANNING, Criss

    Criss Canning : new works from the studio

    Melbourne : Mossgreen, 2014. Quarto, illustrated wrapper’s pp. 24, illustrated.