Australian Artists E-K

  • Eugene von Guerard. Nature revealed (scarce hardcover edition)

    # 51833

    PULLIN, Ruth

    Eugene von Guerard. Nature revealed (scarce hardcover edition)

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2011. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 302, extensively illustrated. The very scarce hardcover edition.

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  • The Art of J. J. Hilder

    # 51807

    URE SMITH, Sidney and STEVENS, Bertram

    The Art of J. J. Hilder

    Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1918. Quarto, quarter cloth over lettered boards, lightly marked, 48 pp., front free endpaper removed, numerous tipped-in colour and black and white plates (some offsetting), contributions by Julian Ashton, Bertram Stevens, Harry Julius, Sydney Ure Smith and J. J. Hilder.

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  • The drunken Buddha

    # 51800

    FAIRWEATHER, Ian

    The drunken Buddha

    St. Lucia : University of Queensland Press, 1965. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (small tears to edges), inscription to endpaper, pp. 160, illustrated by Fairweather. A scarce publication of the well-known Chinese novel based on the life of a Buddhist saint, translated into English and illustrated by Fairweather.

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  • "Peter the Whaler in Southern Seas" : an archive relating to the book's creation and publication.

    # 51383

    INGLETON, Geoffrey C.; COLWELL, Max; TENNANT, Kylie

    “Peter the Whaler in Southern Seas” : an archive relating to the book’s creation and publication.

    Peter the Whaler in Southern Seas was an Australian collaboration between writer Max Colwell and artist Geoffrey C. Ingleton. The book tells the story of Australian whaling for young readers. It was published in 1964 by Macmillan in its series Great Stories of Australia, which was edited by another Australian writer, Kylie Tennant. The book was printed …

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  • Emily Kame Kngwarreye : paintings

    # 50741

    [KNGWARREYE]. ISAACS, Jennifer et al.

    Emily Kame Kngwarreye : paintings

    With contributions by Jennifer Isaacs, Terry Smith, Judith Ryan, Donald Holt & Janet Holt. Sydney : Craftsman House, 1998. First edition. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 204, illustrated in colour throughout, a fine copy of this scholarly publication, scarce. The first book dedicated to the art of Emily Kame Kngwarre, released on1st February, 1998.  Emily …

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  • Robert Jacks. Dots

    # 51701

    JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

    Robert Jacks. Dots

    Hand stamped / New York / 1978. New York : [the artist], 1978. Small artist’s book approximately 120mm square, staple bound with blue tape, 12pp. rubber stamped with designs of red dots. Hand-printed artist’s book, a companion to others (such as Twelve Red Grids, Red Diagonals, Lines Dots etc.) created by the artist in small numbers in …

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  • Robert Jacks. Red Dots.

    # 51699

    JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

    Robert Jacks. Red Dots.

    Hand stamped. Sydney 1979. Sydney: [the artist], 1979. Small artist’s book approximately 120mm square, staple bound with red tape, 12pp. rubber stamped with designs of red dots. Hand-printed artist’s book, a companion to others (such as Twelve Red Grids, Red Diagonals, Lines Dots etc.) created by the artist in small numbers in the 1970s.  Produced …

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  • Bookplates for Pat Corrigan & Family

    # 51658

    [CORRIGAN, Patrick]

    Bookplates for Pat Corrigan & Family

    Melbourne : Douglas Stewart Fine Books, 2014. Quarto (365 mm tall), gilt-decorated blue cloth in matching slipcase, pp 148, portrait frontispiece, signed bookplate by Andrew Sibley, essay, tipped-in photographs, forty tipped-in facsimile bookplates commissioned from Australian artists by Pat Corrigan. Limited to 200 copies signed by the author, collector and publisher; printed letterpress, with a …

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  • Robert Jacks : order and variation

    # 51655

    GRANT, Kirsty et al.

    Robert Jacks : order and variation

    Melbourne, Victoria : National Gallery of Victoria, 2014. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 184, illustrated. Robert Jacks: Order and Variation is a handsomely illustrated publication that surveys the artist’s work, from his student years in the 1950s and 1960s to his monumental late paintings and sculptures.

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  • Rosalie Gascoigne : Plain air

    # 51593

    GASCOIGNE, Rosalie

    Rosalie Gascoigne : Plain air

    Wellington : City Gallery Wellington and Victoria University Press, 2004. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 88, illustrated; a very good copy. Survey exhibition of the New Zealand born, Australian resident artist.

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  • [FEDERATION] Commonwealth Celebrations. Souvenir invitation cards. Victoria. May 1901.

    # 51238

    ASHTON, Julian & Howard; LINDSAY, Norman & LONGSTAFF, John

    [FEDERATION] Commonwealth Celebrations. Souvenir invitation cards. Victoria. May 1901.

    [Cover title]. [Melbourne : s.n., 1901]. Oblong folio (295 x 395 mm), original red pebbled cloth over boards (scattered light staining) with ornamental gilt borders, upper board lettered in gilt; original silk endpapers, first blank with a gift inscription in ink ‘To Willis from Father, as a present for his 21st Birthday. Canterbury, August 1901’; …

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  • Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    # 51549

    MUNDINE, Djon and BAKER, Candida.

    Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2014. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, as new (in storage since publication, not a second hand copy), illustrated endpapers, pp. 222, illustrated. Fine copy, quite scarce. Mirdidingkingathi Juwarrnda Sally Gabori was born c. 1924 on Bentinck Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria – an island inhabited by the Kaiadilt people for …

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  • Bill Henson : landscapes

    # 51543

    HENSON, Bill

    Bill Henson : landscapes

    Castlemaine : Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, 2016. Oblong quarto, wrappers, pp. [x]; 8 colour plates with text; [6]. Printed in an edition of 500 copies. Catalogue for exhibition Bill Herson: Landscapes held at Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum from 30 April to 30 June 2016

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  • Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    # 51486

    MUNDINE, Djon and BAKER, Candida.

    Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2014. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, as new (in storage since publication, not a second hand copy), illustrated endpapers, pp. 222, illustrated. Fine copy, quite scarce. Mirdidingkingathi Juwarrnda Sally Gabori was born c. 1924 on Bentinck Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria – an island inhabited by the Kaiadilt people for …

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  • The art of Elioth Gruner (signed copy)

    # 51460

    GRUNER, Elioth

    The art of Elioth Gruner (signed copy)

    Sydney : Art in Australia, n.d. [c. 1920]. Quarto, quarter-cloth over papered boards (corners slightly bumped), text, 42 tipped-in plates (mostly in colour), portrait frontispiece by Norman Lindsay, with essays on the artist by Julian Ashton and Norman Lindsay. Edition limited to 600 signed copies. A fine copy, with a reproduction of a portrait of …

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  • So Far : the art of Dale Frank

    # 51347

    FRANK, Dale.

    So Far : the art of Dale Frank

    Melbourne : Schwartz Publishing, 2007. Quarto, thick boards with sculptural cut-out design in lettered slipcase, 425 pp, profusely illustrated, all edges and endpapers bright yellow, a superb contemporary book designed by the artist. New copy, sealed in shrinkwrap. ‘So Far: The Art of Dale Frank 1980–2005 traces a trajectory in the work of world–renowned Australian artist …

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