Australian Artists E-K

  • John Firth-Smith : from here to there

    # 31268

    ANGEL, Anita

    John Firth-Smith : from here to there

    Sydney : Press 8, 2006. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 192, illustrated. As new copy, sealed in shrinkwrap. Comprising of two parts, this monograph first locates Firth-Smith’s working practices, aiming to provide a broad historical setting, beyond the purely biographical, and provides a critical appreciation of the artist’s work, not an analysis of the man.

  • Art in Australia. Art and Architecture. Third Series, Number Seventy-Nine.

    # 30951

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. Art and Architecture. Third Series, Number Seventy-Nine.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : John Fairfax and Sons, 1940. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers (defective, tear to upper wrapper and lacking the lower wrapper), 100pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a good copy only. Features articles on training infant artists, Elioth Gruner, and the provinicial galleries of …

  • Franz Kempf : aspects of a Journey 1947-2016

    # 30511

    NEYLON, John

    Franz Kempf : aspects of a Journey 1947-2016

    South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2002. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 112, illustrated in colour throughout. New copy. In the year of the renowned artists 90th birthday, Franz Kempf: Aspects of a journey gathers together many of Kempf’s finest works from the 1940s to today, including treasures from his private collection. John Neylon’s illuminating essay considers the …

  • Drawings (limited edition)

    # 30513

    HENG, Euan (1945 - )

    Drawings (limited edition)

    Melbourne : Niagara Galleries, 2018. Quarto, lettered wrappers, 17 folded sheets, printed recto and verso (so that by slicing the pages images will be revealed), designed by Studio Hi Ho. Limited to 70 copies signed and numbered by the artist (a further 10 artist’s proofs also issued). ‘Euan Heng was born in Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland …

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

    # 30534

    Sydney Ure Smith

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

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1921. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers (sunning on spine), unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, an excellent copy. Includes essay by Norman Lindsay titled ‘The Quick and the Dead’; essay by Hugh McCrae titled ‘The Dawamesk’. Illustrations by Thea Proctor, …

  • Drew Gregory "Carpet stories"

    # 30517

    GREGORY, Drew (1947 - )

    Drew Gregory “Carpet stories”

    Melbourne : Delshan Art Gallery, [2002]. Quarto, illustrated self wrappers, [pp. 12], illustrations, biographical notes and artist’s comments. Unrecorded on Trove.

  • The light fades but the gods remain (Deluxe limited edition with original signed photograph)

    # 29579

    HENSON, Bill (1955 -)

    The light fades but the gods remain (Deluxe limited edition with original signed photograph)

    Melbourne : Thames & Hudson in association with the Monash Gallery of Art, 2019. Quarto, lettered cloth, illustrated dustjacket, pp. 166, extensively illustrated. The deluxe artist’s edition, signed by Bill Henson on the half-title, housed in a lettered cloth slipcase. The deluxe artist’s edition, limited to 100 copies (although not numbered), with an original signed …

  • Robert Jacks. Past unfolded.

    # 29616

    JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

    Robert Jacks. Past unfolded.

    Melbourne : Metro 5 Gallery, 2001. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (lightly rubbed), pp. [8], illustrated. Text by David Thomas. Exhibition in conjunction with the artist’s book launch.

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

    # 29599

    Sydney Ure Smith

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

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1931. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, 70pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, staples a little rusted, else a fine copy. Includes essay on George Lambert by Lionel Lindsay; essay by P.G. Konody on the Art of C.R.W Nevinson. Illustrations by …

  • Robert Jacks. Post Cards Hand Stamped. 2007.

    # 29577

    JACKS, Robert

    Robert Jacks. Post Cards Hand Stamped. 2007.

    150 x 93mm, printed paper wrapper with title, twelve plain postcards with a different hand stamp design, signed by Robert Jacks on front wrapper.

  • Art in Australia : Sixth number

    # 29541

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia : Sixth number

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram Stevens &​ C. Lloyd Jones. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1919. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, unpaginated (mild foxing throughout), illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, an excellent copy. Essay by Lionel Lindsay on Hans Heysen’s Watercolours; essay by Bertram Stevens on M. Napier Waller; essay by Sydney …

  • Art in Australia : Fifth number.

    # 29412

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia : Fifth number.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith, Berteam Stevens &​ C. Lloyd Jones. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1918. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers (light stains on upper wrapper), unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, scatterred foxing, a good copy. Essay by Norman Lindsay on Gruner; essay by Norman Carter on Bunny; illustrations by Gruner, …

  • Franz Kempf : thinking on paper, 1955-2002

    # 29323

    GRISHIN, Sasha et al.

    Franz Kempf : thinking on paper, 1955-2002

    South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2002. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 68, illustrated in colour throughout. New copy. ‘Kempf’s is not the art of a hopeful youngster, aimed desperately at the stars, but rather, it is stardust itself.’ – Adam Dutkiewicz ‘These are pictures to be contemplated, interrogated and deeply pondered. They are – even the tiniest …

  • E. Phillips Fox souvenir catalogue

    # 28846

    [EMMANUEL PHILLIPS FOX]

    E. Phillips Fox souvenir catalogue

    Sydney : National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1949. Large octavo, pictorial wrappers (a few ink marks), 12pp.  Illustrated in black and white, with one image in colour, neat pen annotations.  

  • James Gleeson. Drawings for paintings (hardcover)

    # 28761

    KOLENBERG, Hendrik and RYAN, Anne

    James Gleeson. Drawings for paintings (hardcover)

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2003. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dust jacket, pp. 128, extensively illustrated. The scarce hardcover edition. A fine, clean copy.

  • Roger Kemp : the complete etchings

    # 28204

    KOLENBERG, Hendrik

    Roger Kemp : the complete etchings

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1991. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 112, illustrated. Published to coincide with an exhibition of a selection of Kemp’s etchings at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 31 January-7 April 1991. Scarce. Produced by Lou Klepac at The Beagle Press for the Art Gallery of New …