Australian Artists A-D
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# 42871
BELL, Amber Creswell; DONE, Ken
Ken Done : Art, Design, Life (deluxe edition)
Melbourne : Thames & Hudson, 2021. Quarto, pictorial boards in yellow plexiglass slipcase, pp. 318, illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 300 signed copies with a signed Ken Done print in a pocket in rear endpaper. ‘Is it not time we placed Done into the context of Streeton and Roberts, Olsen and Nolan – all …
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# 42788
DICKERSON, Robert
Drawings by Bob Dickerson
Sydney : Bonython’s Hungry Horse Gallery, 1966. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, folding card, list of 30 works with prices.
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# 42784
HERBERT, Xavier (1901 - 1984); CROOKE, Ray (1922 - 2015)
Dream Road (deluxe edition with original Ray Crooke artwork)
Illustrated by Ray Crooke. Foreword by H. P. Hesseltine. Sydney : William Collins, 1977. Quarto, gilt-lettered quarter-lambskin over gilt-decorated cloth (spine sunned and discoloured, as often found), slipcase with colour illustrations (light foxing), illustrated endpapers, pp. 119, illustrated by Crooke. The deluxe edition, limited to 180 copies (150 for sale), specially bound, numbered by hand, …
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# 42775
BRACK, John (1920 - 1999)
John Brack. Works on paper : 1955 – 1981
Sydney : Deutscher and Hackett, 2010. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 16, illustrated.
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# 42774
HEATHCOTE, Abbie
The book of earthly delights. Living in the bush with Neil Douglas and Abbie Heathcote (signed copy with small drawings)
Birregurra [VIC] : Compendium Pty Ltd, 1976. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (creased), pp. xii, 132, illustrated in colour and black and white. This copy signed by both Neil and Abbie, with a whimsical pen drawing of a worm wearing a top hat, smiling a pipe blowing clouds of love hearts, a cup of tea perched on …
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# 42585
SMITH, Geoffrey and ST JOHN MOORE, Felicity
‘Alice in Wonderland’ painted in 1956 – 57 by Charles Blackman 24 May – 10 July 1983
Melbourne : Heide Gallery, 1983. Exhibition catalogue in the form of a poster, single sheet, folded, catalogue and essays.
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# 42581
CASSAB, Judy
Judy Cassab. Landscapes 1978 – 1998.
Sydney : Australian Galleries, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, folded card, pp. 6, illustrated, essay by Barry Pearce, biography and list of works.
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# 42580
CASSAB, Judy
Paintings by Judy Cassab
London : Crane Kalman Gallery, 1961. Exhibition catalogue, folded card, biography and list of works, light foxing and pen annotations.
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# 42529
COOK, Michael (1968 - )
Michael Cook
Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, circa 2015. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [20], illustrated. ‘Michael Cook is a photographer who worked commercially both in Australia and overseas for twenty-five years. In 2009, Cook was drawn into art photography by an increasingly urgent desire to learn about his Aboriginal ancestry and identity. As a child, Cook …
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# 42494
[NOLAN, Sidney]
Sidney Nolan : Leda and the swan and other recent work
London : Matthieson Gallery, [1960]. Large octavo, pictorial wrappers, lightly marked and creased. [10p], illustrated in colour and black and white. Includes introduction by Stephen Spender.
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# 42468
[CARRICK, Ethel; FOX, E. Phillips]
Art, love, and life : Ethel Carrick and E. Phillips Fox
Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 2011. Quarto, pictorial wrappers, pp 174. Art exhibition monograph detailing the rich artistic relationship between Ethel Carrick and E. Phillips Fox, with over 140 colour illustrations. A very good copy.
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# 42371
JOHNSON, Heather
Roy de Maistre. The Australian Years 1894 – 1930 (from the library of Criss Canning)
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. Signed by Criss Canning in ink on the half-title Provenance: Criss Canning, acquired in 2023
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# 42365
[DUNLOP] STRACHAN, Lynne
Brian Dunlop (signed presentation copy for Criss Canning)
Sydney : Craftsman House, 1999 (revised edition). Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 188, profusely illustrated. Signed by the author Lynne Strachan and with a signed presentation inscription from Brian Dunlop to Australian artists Criss Canning and her partner David. Provenance: Criss Canning, acquired in 2023
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# 42293
BEDFORD, Paddy
Paddy Bedford : walking the line
Kununurra, WA : P. Bedford, 2003. Oblong octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 87, illustrated. Catalogue for an exhibition held at GrantPierrie Gallery, Sydney, 2003. Includes many comments from his contemporaries. ‘Paddy Bedford is the elder statesman of Aboriginal art. This small collection of his work shows the complexity of his works in their sheer simplicity and …
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# 17622
Sydney Ure Smith
Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Fourteen. Xmas Number
Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1925. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers (bookseller sticker on recto wrapper), unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, some discolouration to spine and verso wrapper. A special Christmas Edition with an essay by William Moore on the revival in New Zeland; …
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# 42255
[ARKLEY]. CRAWFORD, Ashley and EDGAR, Ray.
Spray. The work of Howard Arkley
Sydney : Craftsman House, 1997. First edition. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, lower corner bumped, pp. 152, illustrated. Scarce.