Australian Artists A-D

  • Clarice Beckett

    # 46453

    [BECKETT, Clarice]

    Clarice Beckett

    26 June – 21 July 2002. Melbourne : Martin Browne Fine Art in association with Niagara Galleries, 2002. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (foxed), pp. 34, illustrated in colour throughout, catalogue notes, biography, portrait photograph of the painter. A fine copy, with price list and invitation loosely enclosed.  

  • Clarice Beckett 1887 - 1935

    # 46452

    [BECKETT, Clarice]

    Clarice Beckett 1887 – 1935

    Melbourne : Niagara Galleries, 2000. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, 48 pp. Exhibition catalogue including full page colour images, with catalogue and commentary on the works. A fine copy.

  • Nicholas Chevalier : Australian odyssey

    # 46435

    GREGG, Simon

    Nicholas Chevalier : Australian odyssey

    Sale, Vic. : Gippsland Art Gallery, 2011. Small quarto, gilt-lettered cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 330, extensively illustrated. ‘Nicholas Chevalier (1828 – 1902) was one of Australia’s most accomplished and acclaimed colonial artists. Australian Odyssey is the first ever survey of his Australian works. Detailing over two hundred and fifty works in lavish colour this …

  • Robert Dowling. Tasmanian son of Empire (Ann Galbally's copy)

    # 46421

    JONES, John

    Robert Dowling. Tasmanian son of Empire (Ann Galbally’s copy)

    Melbourne : NGV, 2010. Octavo, illustrated boards, pp. 192, illustrated. Dowling holds a special place in the history of Australian art, as the first artist to be be trained in Australia and was renowned for his paintings of pastoralists, indigenous people and biblical themes. This is the first major exhibition of his work. Published in conjunction …

  • Robert Dickerson : the complete graphics

    # 46341

    [DICKERSON]. POWELL, Louisa

    Robert Dickerson : the complete graphics

    Sydney : Queen Street Fine Art, 2002. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 132, illustrated. A detailed survey of the graphic output of the noted Australian artist, with all works illustrated. New copy.

  • Paintings Arthur Boyd (1960)

    # 46115

    [BOYD, Arthur]

    Paintings Arthur Boyd (1960)

    London : Zwemmer Gallery, 1960. Quarto, self wrappers (lightly marked, one corner creased), pp. 8, three large black & white reproductions of Boyd’s paintings from his Bride series, introduction by Bryan Robertson, catalogue of seventeen paintings by Boyd, biographical note on the artist, a very good copy. Rare.

  • Charles Blackman. Alice in Wonderland

    # 46216

    SMITH, Geoffrey and ST JOHN MOORE, Felicity

    Charles Blackman. Alice in Wonderland

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2006. Quarto, illustrated card wrappers (slightly creased to one corner), pp. 142, extensively illustrated. A very good copy.

  • The art of Dorrit Black

    # 46068

    NORTH, Ian

    The art of Dorrit Black

    Melbourne: Macmillan and the Art Gallery of South Australia, 1979. Quarto, boards in dust jacket, pp 152, a fine copy. The standard monograph on the artist, illustrated throughout with a detailed catalogue.  

  • John Brack

    # 46194

    GRANT, Kirsty et al.

    John Brack

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2009. Quarto, pictorial wrappers, spine creased, 248 pp. fully illustrated. Contributions by Helen Brack, Sasha Grishin, Robert Lindsay and Chris McAuliffe. Printed to accompany the major touring retrospective of Brack in 2009-10, an essential reference on the artist. A ver good copy.

  • Yosl Bergner : art as a meeting of cultures

    # 46162

    KLEPNER, Frank

    Yosl Bergner : art as a meeting of cultures

    With a preface by Bernard Smith. Melbourne, Vic. : Macmillan, 2004. Octavo, boards in dustjacket, pp. 160, illustrated. A fine copy, as new. ‘The painter Yosl Bergner was born in Vienna in 1920, arrived in Australia in 1937 and migrated to Israel in 1950. Melbourne scholar, Frank Klepner, provides a richly-detailed history of Bergner’s Australian …

  • The first vines : with 42 wood-engravings by Tate Adams

    # 46161

    ADAMS, Tate

    The first vines : with 42 wood-engravings by Tate Adams

    Melbourne : Macmillan, and Brisbane : The State Library of Queensland, 2006. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth with pictorial inlay to upper board, illustrated endpapers, pp. 95, illustrated.  Preface by John Olsen. As new copy. Tate Adams produced the 43 wood-engravings of pioneering Australian wineries over the six years leading up to the nation’s bicentenary celebrations in …

  • David Boyd. 'Survey retrospective exhibition' (1957 - 1992) 27 May - 10 June, 1992

    # 46120

    BOYD, David

    David Boyd. ‘Survey retrospective exhibition’ (1957 – 1992) 27 May – 10 June, 1992

    Melbourne : Ivanyi Galleries, 1992. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp.28, illustrated in colour, biographical notes. A fine copy.

  • DAVID BOYD. A retrospective exhibition 1957 - 1978.

    # 46117

    BOYD, David (1924 - 2011)

    DAVID BOYD. A retrospective exhibition 1957 – 1978.

    The Albert Hall, Canberra 2-19 February 1979. Organised by Marcia Hill Galleries, Canberra. Small folio, pp. 24 plus illustrated wrappers, numerous illustrations and catalogue of 148 David Boyd paintings, light wear, a very good copy.

  • Cayley & Son. The life and art of Neville Henry Hayley & Neville William Cayley

    # 46083

    OLSEN, Penny

    Cayley & Son. The life and art of Neville Henry Hayley & Neville William Cayley

    Canberra : NLA Publishing, 2013. Quarto, illustrated boards in dustjacket (light handling marks), pp. [viii]; 227, extensively illustrated.

  • Declan : a Tiwi artist

    # 46057

    WEST, Margaret K. C.

    Declan : a Tiwi artist

    With an appreciation of Tiwi art by R. Berndt. [Perth] : Australian City Properties Ltd , 1987. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 40, illustrated. ‘Life and work of Tiwi artist Declan from Bathurst Island; burial posts (tutiri), barbed ceremonial spears, carved animals, bark paintings; pukamani ceremony; kulama ceremony; myuthological context of ceremonies; from touring memorial exhibition.’ …

  • Artists think : the late work of Ian Burn

    # 46038

    STEPHEN, Ann

    Artists think : the late work of Ian Burn

    Sydney : Power Publications in association with the Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, 1996. Quarto, illustrated wrappers in printed acetate dustjacket, pp. 119, extensively illustrated. An extensive and detailed monograph on the noteworthy Australian conceptual artist.