Australian Artists A-D

  • 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.  

    $60.00 AUD Read more
  • Remembering Barak

    # 45950

    RYAN, Judith

    Remembering Barak

    Melbourne., Victoria : National Gallery of Victoria, 2003. Quarto (260 x 200 mm), illustrated card wrappers, pp. 64; illustrated in colour; essays by Judith Ryan and Carol Cooper; a pristine copy. Discussion and commemoration of the work and life of William Barak, leader and artist.

    $100.00 AUD Read more
  • Out from the shadows. John Mitchell Cantle 1849 - 1919 : Australia's first native-born ornithological draughtsman

    # 45022

    CABOURET, Mark R.

    Out from the shadows. John Mitchell Cantle 1849 – 1919 : Australia’s first native-born ornithological draughtsman

    Sydney : The Australiana Society Inc., 2023. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 176, illustrated. New copy. ‘An illustrated work documenting the Australian John Mitchell Cantle and his bird illustrations. He was an architectural draughtsman and railway surveyor, but is best known as an ornithological painter, illustrator, cartoonist and postcard designer.’ – Trove ‘Mark Cabouret is a …

    $90.00 AUD Read more
  •  Will Dyson. Cartoonist, etcher and Australia’s finest war artist.

    # 45988

    McMULLIN, Ross.

     Will Dyson. Cartoonist, etcher and Australia’s finest war artist.

    Sydney and London : Angus and Robertson, 1984. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light handling wear), pp. 338, illustrated. Authoritative text on this important early twentieth century Australian artist.

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  • Journey among men (presentation copy from Russell Drysdale to Donald Murray)

    # 45729

    MARSHALL, Jock and DRYSDALE, Russell

    Journey among men (presentation copy from Russell Drysdale to Donald Murray)

    London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1962. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket (lightly stained, edge wear, a couple of tape repairs verso), 206 pp. illustrated throughout by Russell Drysdale. Inscribed by the artist in the year of publication on the first blank ‘For Donald Murray with great regard & affection from Tass. Russell Drysdale. September 1962’. …

    $150.00 AUD Read more
  • Criss Canning : the pursuit of beauty (signed copy)

    # 45662

    THOMAS, David.

    Criss Canning : the pursuit of beauty (signed copy)

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2013. Third edition. Quarto, boards in dust jacket, pp 192, fully illustrated. Written and published to coincide with the artist’s retrospective exhibition at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery. All three editions quickly sold out, as well as a fourth, and are highly sought after. Signed by the artist on the title page. …

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  • Brook Andrew : Hope & peace

    # 45598

    ANDREW, Brook

    Brook Andrew : Hope & peace

    Melbourne : Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, 2005. Small square quarto (210 x 210 mm), pictorial wrappers, 35 pp., illustrated in colour, catalogue essay by Marcia Langton; an excellent copy. Catalogue for an exhibition of work by Brook Andrew at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, 5 July – 7 August 2005. ‘Includes artist’s statement and works from the exhibition; …

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  • Michael Cook : Majority rule

    # 45580

    COOK, Michael (1968 - )

    Michael Cook : Majority rule

    Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2014. Square quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [16], illustrated. Essay by Louise Martin-Chew. An excellent copy. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. ‘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 …

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  • Michael Cook : Through my eyes

    # 45583

    COOK, Michael (1968 - )

    Michael Cook : Through my eyes

    Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2010. Square quarto, folded card, pp. [4], illustrated; an excellent copy. ‘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 …

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  • Michael Cook : Uninhabited

    # 45582

    COOK, Michael (1968 - )

    Michael Cook : Uninhabited

    Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2011. Square quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [36], illustrated. An excellent copy. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. ‘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 …

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  • Graeme Drendel : Surrender. 2 - 21 September 2014, Australian Galleries, Derby Street.

    # 45620

    DRENDEL, Graeme

    Graeme Drendel : Surrender. 2 – 21 September 2014, Australian Galleries, Derby Street.

    Collingwood, Vic. : Australian Galleries, 2014. Octavo (210 x 150 mm), pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp. [12], 11 works illustrated in colour (2 double-page); an excellent copy.

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  • Merric Boyd Drawings

    # 45721

    BOYD, Merric

    Merric Boyd Drawings

    Introduction and catalogue by Christopher Tadgell. Preface by Bernard Smith. London : Secker & Warburg, 1975. Quarto, cloth bound boards in illustrated dustjacket (price clipped, light handling wear), pp. 272, light foxing to preliminaries, profusely illustrated. The major monograph of this pillar of the Boyd dynasty.

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  • Arthur Boyd retrospective (hardcover edition)

    # 45720

    [BOYD, Arthur]. PEARCE, Barry.

    Arthur Boyd retrospective (hardcover edition)

    Sydney : The Beagle Press for The Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1993. Quarto, boards and dust jacket, 200pp. extensively illustrated. A very good copy of the uncommon hardcover edition of this important exhibition catalogue.  

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  • Los mecanismos de la ilusión en Davila [Mechanism of illusion in Davila]

    # 45323

    DAVILA, Juan; RICHARD, Nelly

    Los mecanismos de la ilusión en Davila [Mechanism of illusion in Davila]

    Melbourne : Tolarno Galleries, 1977. Quarto, lettered wrappers, coil bound, a few creases, pp. [22], catalogue of works, text in English and Spanish. Rare exhibition catalogue for the Chilean born artist’s first Australian solo exhibition, following his move to Melbourne in 1974. The text is by influential Chilean cultural theorist and art curator Nelly Richard.

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  • Rick Amor : paintings and drawings 1983 - 1990

    # 45656

    AMOR, Rick

    Rick Amor : paintings and drawings 1983 – 1990

    Warrnambool : Warrnambool Art Gallery, 1990. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, a little rubbed, pp. 41, illustrations throughout. Catalogue of 40 works, essay by David Hansen.

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  • Rick Amor : recent paintings

    # 45655

    AMOR, Rick (1948 - )

    Rick Amor : recent paintings

    Melbourne : Niagara, 2013. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, [pp. 36], colour illustrations throughout. Price list and invitation card enclosed.

    $22.00 AUD Read more