Australian Artists A-D

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

    # 46826

    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    Unpublished : the artist, 2020.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 …

  • Ethel Carrick (Mrs. E. Phillips Fox)

    # 46877

    [CARRICK, Ethel]. ZUBANS, Ruth

    Ethel Carrick (Mrs. E. Phillips Fox)

    A retrospective exhibition. Geelong, Victoria : Geelong Art Gallery, 1979. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, unpaginated, illustrated with 57 plates in black & white, catalogue for the travelling retrospective exhibition of the works of Ethel Carrick [Carrick Fox].  

  • Grace Crowley : being modern

    # 46895

    TAYLOR, Elena

    Grace Crowley : being modern

    Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2006. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 64, illustrated, previous owner’s name to half-title, a fine copy.   .

  • Criss Canning

    # 46868

    CANNING, Criss

    Criss Canning

    October 19th – October 29th 1989. Melbourne Art Exchange. Quarto, illustrated card wrappers, unpaginated, 28 colour plates a fine copy.

  • Permanent revolution : Mike Brown and the Australian avant-garde 1953-1997

    # 46892

    HAESE, Richard

    Permanent revolution : Mike Brown and the Australian avant-garde 1953-1997

    Melbourne : Miegunyah Press, 2011. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, light sunning to spine, pp. 297, illustrated. As the only Australian artist to have been successfully prosecuted for obscenity, Mike Brown is considered one of Australia’s most controversial figures. This captivating book offers a comprehensive account of this outspoken artist’s life and work. Brown’s imitation realism …

  • Arthur Boyd : the emerging artist

    # 46836

    [BOYD, Arthur]

    Arthur Boyd : the emerging artist

    Melbourne : Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 2001. Quarto, wrappers, illustrated front, pp. 48, illustrations throughout, most colour. Essays by Ridney James, Dr Ckem Christesen, Susan McCulloch-Uehlin and Barry Pearce. List of works by the artist.

  • Ralph Balson : a retrospective

    # 46833

    ADAMS, Bruce

    Ralph Balson : a retrospective

    Melbourne : Heide, 1989. Small quarto, illustrated wrappers, price sticker on lower wrapper, pp. 98, an excellent copy. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the half-title.  

  • Geoffrey Bartlett (signed copy)

    # 46803

    HURLSTON, David; WACH, Ken

    Geoffrey Bartlett (signed copy)

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2007. Quarto, illustrated cards, pp. 80, illustrated. With a signed presentation inscription from the artist on the publication page. This exhibition catalogue accompanies an exhibition of the same name. It traces the work of this Australian sculptor over the last 20 years following attendance at a major American university …

  • Kevin Connor : harbour paintings, 1964-1987

    # 46786

    CONNOR, Kevin (1932 - )

    Kevin Connor : harbour paintings, 1964-1987

    Manly : Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1988. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 32, illustrated.

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Fifty-Nine

    # 46711

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Fifty-Nine

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1933. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, 92pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, edges rubbed and a crack to upper hinge, else good. Features essay by Gavin Long on the Heysen loan exhibition; essay on S. Woodward Smith and Kenneth MacQueen …

  • Thomas Bock. Convict engraver, society portraitist

    # 46681

    [BOCK]. BUTLER, Roger, et al.

    Thomas Bock. Convict engraver, society portraitist

    Tasmania, Canberra : Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery and Australian National Gallery, 1991. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 108, preface by Kevin Munn, introduction by Diane Dunbar, chronology of Bock’s life and work, essay on Bock by Roger Butler, essay by Andrew Sayers, essay on Thomas Bock’s portraits of the Tasmanian Aborigines by N. J. …

  • Clarice Beckett. Politically Incorrect.

    # 46613

    BECKETT, Clarice.

    Clarice Beckett. Politically Incorrect.

    Melbourne: Ian Potter Museum of Art, 1999. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (spine sunned, as commonly found), 76pp., staple impression to a few early leaves, illustrated. Printed in an edition of 2000 copies, now scarce. Text by Rosalind Hollinrake.  

  • KooriVision Inc presents Kitch'en Koori. Art works, a kitchen, words, and an Oz kitsch dis-play. Fringe Studio, 1st Floor 184 Brunswick Street Fitzroy, 2-19 September 1992.

    # 46529

    KOORIVISION INC.; DEACON, Destiny et al.

    KooriVision Inc presents Kitch’en Koori. Art works, a kitchen, words, and an Oz kitsch dis-play. Fringe Studio, 1st Floor 184 Brunswick Street Fitzroy, 2-19 September 1992.

    [Melbourne] : KooriVision Inc., 1992. Exhibition flyer/invitation. A4 sheet folded to form [4] sides (last side is blank), illustrated; very good condition; loosely inserted is a 2-page essay on the significance of the kitsch Aboriginalia display by Kylie Belling and Johnny Harding. This exhibition was part of the 1992 Melbourne Fringe Festival. It included a …

  • Adam Cullen : let's get lost

    # 46503

    TUNNICLIFFE, Wayne; CULLEN, Adam

    Adam Cullen : let’s get lost

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2008. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 107, illustrated.

  • Paintings and drawings. Charles Blackman. 3 - 25 November 1961

    # 46491

    BLACKMAN, Charles

    Paintings and drawings. Charles Blackman. 3 – 25 November 1961

    London : The Matthiesen Gallery, 1961. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [16]. illustrated. Introduction by Bryan Robertson, catalogue of 39 works, biography. A fine, clean copy. Blackman’s important series of works created in London while on the Helena Rubenstein travelling scholarship at the age of thirty-three. Scarce.

  • Atyeo

    # 46458

    ATYEO, Sam; PHIPPS, Jennifer

    Atyeo

    Melbourne : Heide Park and Art Gallery, 1982. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp.51, illustrated. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the half title.