Australian Artists A-D

  • Merric Boyd : the late drawings

    # 45262

    FRY, Gavin

    Merric Boyd : the late drawings

    Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service, 1985. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 44, illustrated. Includes an essay, biographical notes, catalogue and bibliography

  • Arthur Boyd : a collection of work to mark the 70th anniversary of his birthday

    # 45275

    BOYD, Arthur

    Arthur Boyd : a collection of work to mark the 70th anniversary of his birthday

    Melbourne : Australian Galleries, 1990. Quarto, trifold, pictorial front, images of 17 works, catalogue of 47 works.

  • Artists. The Melbourne Art Exchange (from the library of Criss Canning)

    # 45136

    CANNING, Criss et al.

    Artists. The Melbourne Art Exchange (from the library of Criss Canning)

    Melbourne : Melbourne Art Exchange, 1987. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light handling wear), pp. 80, photographic portraits, illustrations. A promotional book fraturing sixteen traditional artists for the Melbourne commercial gallery. This copy is signed by Criss Canning who is featured in the book. From the library of noted Australian artist Criss Canning, signed in ink. …

  • Robert Boynes, paintings / Donald Stewart, sculpture. Realities, 60 Ross Street, Toorak, 13-30 November [1974].

    # 45070

    BOYNES, Robert; STEWART, Donald (Don)

    Robert Boynes, paintings / Donald Stewart, sculpture. Realities, 60 Ross Street, Toorak, 13-30 November [1974].

    [Toorak : Realities Gallery, 1974]. Postcard, 120 x 170 mm, recto illustrated in b/w, verso with curriculum vitae of Boynes (b. 1942) and the younger Stewart (b. 1950); this was sculptor Don Stewart’s first major exhibition, at which he showed his work The Sunbathers; the card is in good condition. Note: this exhibition seems to …

  • Asher Bilu

    # 44962

    BILU, Asher

    Asher Bilu

    Melbourne : Joseph Brown Gallery, [1970]. Quarto, lettered wrappers (stained), pp. [16], illustrated.

  • 40 drawings by Horace Brodzky (prospectus)

    # 45065

    LAVER, James; BRODZKY, Horace

    40 drawings by Horace Brodzky (prospectus)

    London : William Heinemann, [1935]. Prospectus for the publication Forty drawings by Horace Brodzky. Octavo, folded sheet, singe illustration, order form. Scarce ephemeron. The Melbourne born Brodzky trained at the National Gallery School and had a successful career in the United States and London.

  •  Stalking the Rainbow.

    # 44944

    MANSELL, Chris.

     Stalking the Rainbow.

    Sydney: Presspress, 2002. Duodecimo, wrappers in dustjacket, cover illustration by Robert Dickerson (corner creased), pp. 28, signed by Robert Dickerson inside upper wrapper.  A book of poems.

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Six.

    # 45062

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Six.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1923. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers (minor loss and splitting on spine), unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a very good copy. Includes Norman Lindsay’s reply to Orpen; ‘The Virgin Queen’ by C Maclaurin; and Fables by Clive Turnbull and …

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Thirteen. Etching Number

    # 45061

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Thirteen. Etching Number

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1925. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers 9slight discolouration to spine), unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a very good copy. A special edition focussing on the art of etching in Australia and Internationally. Illustrations by Lionel Lindsay, Sydney Long, Sydney …

  • Rick Amor new paintings

    # 45058

    AMOR, Rick

    Rick Amor new paintings

    Sydney : Liverpool Street Gallery in association with Niagara Galleries, 2013. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [20], illustrated, old pencilled price to title page.

  • Dridan

    # 45001

    DRIDAN, David

    Dridan

    Adelaide : John Martin & Co., 1972. Oblong quarto, lettered wrappers, pp. [8], illustrated in colour, catalogue of 40 works.

  • David Boyd : Music and Angels

    # 44951

    BOYD, David (1924 - 2011)

    David Boyd : Music and Angels

    Sydney : Tom Mathieson Fine Art, c. 1998. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [28], illustrated. Text by Dr. Geoffrey Wright.  

  • David Boyd : "The Sequence of Trials"

    # 44950

    BOYD, David (1924 - 2011)

    David Boyd : “The Sequence of Trials”

    Sydney : Vanessa Wood Fine Art, 2002. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [6], illustrated. Text by Patricia McDonald.  

  • Heart of blackness : Paddy Bedford

    # 44886

    ECCLES, Jeremy

    Heart of blackness : Paddy Bedford

    Melbourne : William Mora Galleries in association with Jirrawun Arts, 2005. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [28], illustrated.  

  • The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition

    # 44815

    CONDER, Charles (1868 - 1909)

    The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition

    The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition. At Buxton’s Rooms opened 17 August 1889. [Melbourne: Fergusson and Mitchell, 1889]. Engraving from original zinc plate measuring 140 x 83 mm (image) printed in black ink on laid paper measuring 245 x 150 mm. A proof impression of the front cover of the exhibition catalogue, designed by Charles …

  • Clarice Beckett (1887 - 1935)

    # 44833

    BECKETT, Clarice

    Clarice Beckett (1887 – 1935)

    At the Macquarie Galleries 40 King Street, Sydney. 5th to 17th February, 1975. Octavo, exhibition catalogue, folded card, lightly marked, portrait of the artist, essay by Sir William Dargie, catalogue of 35 works with dimensions and prices. A rare early exhibition catalogue of Beckett’s works, following her rediscovery by Rosalind Humphries.