Australian Artists A-D

  • John Brack nudes. Fifteen original lithographs

    # 38077

    BRACK, John (1920 - 1999)

    John Brack nudes. Fifteen original lithographs

    Text by Margaret Plant. Introduction by Gordon Thomson. Melbourne: Lyre Bird Press, 1982. Large folio (465 x 340mm) bound in gilt-titled half-leather over hessian covered boards decorated with Brack motif, housed in matching clamshell box with gilt decoration and lettering on front panel, bound by N. Doslov of Melbourne, with binder’s ticket on front pastedown. …

  • [HELMUT NEWTON]. Designs for the theatre by Warwick Armstrong

    # 40760

    NEWTON, Helmut; ARMSTRONG, Warwick

    [HELMUT NEWTON]. Designs for the theatre by Warwick Armstrong

    Melbourne : Velasquez Gallery, 1948. Octavo, exhibition catalogue, single sheet folded, lightly creased, catalogue of 103 works. Includes within the catalogue 11 photographic studies the Theatre Guild’s “Twelfth Night” Company from the studio of Helmut Newton, 353 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

  • Robert Dickerson. Against the tide (deluxe edition)

    # 40668

    DICKERSON, Jennifer

    Robert Dickerson. Against the tide (deluxe edition)

    Sydney : Pandanus Press, 1994. Quarto, quarter calf over gilt-lettered buckram in matching slipcase, 168 pp. very light foxing to fore-edge, foxing to preliminaries, illustrated in colour. First edition. Deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies originally issued with an original Robert Dickerson charcoal sketch loosely enclosed, lacking in this instance.

  • Russell Drysdale retrospective exhibition 1937 - 1960

    # 40796

    DRYSDALE, Russell

    Russell Drysdale retrospective exhibition 1937 – 1960

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1960. Exhibition catalogue, narrow folio, single sheet folded to make 8 pp., catalogue of 108 works.

  • Exhibition of paintings and pastels by Frank Carter

    # 40736

    CARTER, Frank

    Exhibition of paintings and pastels by Frank Carter

    Melbourne : [the artist], 1942. Octavo, exhibition catalogue, single sheet folded, lightly creased, catalogue of 101 works held at the Myer Mural Hall.

  • Seven etchings by Will Dyson

    # 40727

    RUTTER, Frank

    Seven etchings by Will Dyson

    Everyman – Christmas Supplement. November 26, 1931. Quarto, newspaper supplement, pp. [8], illustrated with full page reproductions of Dyson etchings.

  • Judy Cassab. Portraits of Artists and Friends (signed copy)

    # 40700

    KLEPAC, Lou.

    Judy Cassab. Portraits of Artists and Friends (signed copy)

    Sydney: The Beagle Press, 1998. Quarto, boards in illustrated dust jacket, 128pp. illustrated throughout. Signed and inscribed by the artist.

  • Modern Australian Dreamtimes. A book about the freest of thoughts : the dreams

    # 40601

    BECHMANN, Jorgen

    Modern Australian Dreamtimes. A book about the freest of thoughts : the dreams

    Sydney : Art Nouveau Publishing Company, 1986. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 96, illustrated by the Danish-born Australian artist, slipcase. Limited to 3000 signed and numbered copies.

  • Robert Dickerson. Against the tide (signed copy of the hardcover first edition)

    # 40673

    DICKERSON, Jennifer

    Robert Dickerson. Against the tide (signed copy of the hardcover first edition)

    Brisbane : Pandanus Press, 1994. First edition. Quarto, boards in pictorial dustjacket (light sunning to spine), pp. 168, extensively illustrated in colour, text by Jennifer Dickerson. Signed by Jennifer Dickerson and Robert Dickerson.

  • The Raven. With six woodcuts by Rick Amor

    # 40651

    POE, Edgar Allen

    The Raven. With six woodcuts by Rick Amor

    Cobargo : The Croft Press, 1990. Tall folio, black cloth with pictorial printed label, 16pp plus six original full-page woodcuts by Rick Amor. Printed by Jim and Ruth Walker and co-published by Richard Griffin. Limited to 100 copies, of which ten were bound in leather, this is one of the 90 standard versions. Includes an …

  • Will Dyson

    # 40626

    [DYSON]. NEWLIN PRICE, F.

    Will Dyson

    New York : Ferargil Galleries, 1930. Quarto, printed yellow wrappers (a little marked), yapp edges, pp. [20], 17 full page plates, catalogue of works with prices, essay. A rare New York exhibition catalogue by the talented Ballarat artist Will Dyson, husband to Ruby Lindsay and close associate of the Lindsay circle.

  • The art of Rubery Bennett

    # 40616

    BENNETT, Rubery

    The art of Rubery Bennett

    23 reproductions in full colour. With an introduction by William Dargie. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1954. Quarto, quarto cloth over papered boards (light foxing), in dustjacket, colour plates. Limited to 1000 copies signed by the artist.

  • Cressida Campbell. 26 July - 20 August 2022

    # 40357

    CAMPBELL, Cressida

    Cressida Campbell. 26 July – 20 August 2022

    Brisbane : Philip Bacon Galleries, 2022. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, very lightly marked, pp. [28], illustrated, a fine copy of a beautifully printed and illustrated exhibition catalogue on this acclaimed Australian artist. Scarce.

  • Russell Drysdale. A retrospective exhibition of paintings from 1937 to 1960 (signed copy)

    # 40348

    [DRYSDALE]. HAEFLIGER, Paul

    Russell Drysdale. A retrospective exhibition of paintings from 1937 to 1960 (signed copy)

    With an introduction by Paul Haefliger. Twelve paintings in colour and twenty-four in black & white. Sydney : Sydney Ure Smith [1960]. Quarto, boards in dust jacket (edges rubbed), photographic contact sheets reproduced as endpapers, introduction by Paul Haefliger, chronology of the artist’s life and work, twelve colour and twenty-four black & white plates, catalogue …

  • Criss Canning (signed copy)

    # 40320

    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.

  • Criss Canning (signed copy)

    # 40319

    CANNING, Criss (1947 - )

    Criss Canning (signed copy)

    Melbourne : Sotheby’s Australia, 2018. Quarto, gilt-lettered black cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 44, illustrated with 20 oil paintings by the artist. New copy. Signed by the artist on the endpaper. Hardcover exhibition catalogue of the popular still life painter. Printed in a small edition of approximately 600 copies.