Australian Artists E-K

  • A book about Australian women

    # 47014

    JERREMS, Carol (1949 - 1980); FRASER, Virginia (1947 - 2021)

    A book about Australian women

    Photographs by Carol Jerrems. Text edited by Virginia Fraser. Melbourne : Outback Press, 1974. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (a few light creases and lightly marked), pp. 141; [3], illustrated in black and white, light foxing to preliminaries, contemporary small gift inscription dated 1974, a very good copy. Design and layout of the photographic pages by Carol …

  • Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic (deluxe edition with signed print)

    # 47278

    HICKS, Petrina; CROMBIE, Isobel; QUIRK, Maria

    Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic (deluxe edition with signed print)

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2019. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, wraparound band for the deluxe edition, pp. 144, illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 50 copies, accompanied by a inkjet archival print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper of Hicks’ most recognisable image, Shenae and Jade 2005, printed by Warren Macris at High Res Digital in …

  • Principio erat (standard edition A)

    # 47319

    HENSON, Bill

    Principio erat (standard edition A)

    Paris : Editions Bessard, 2019. Folio, pictorial laminated boards, pp. [70], several double fold-out pages, printed on high quality matt photographic paper. Principio erat is published in a standard and deluxe edition – described as the ‘Artist’s edition’ by the publisher. The standard edition is published in two variations, each limited to 500 numbered copies. …

  • Principio erat (standard edition B)

    # 47318

    HENSON, Bill

    Principio erat (standard edition B)

    Paris : Editions Bessard, 2019. Folio, pictorial laminated boards, pp. [70], several double fold-out pages, printed on high quality matt photographic paper. As new copy. Principio erat is published in a standard and deluxe edition – described as the ‘Artist’s edition’ by the publisher. The standard edition is published in two variations, each limited to …

  • Art in Australia (complete set)

    # 47043

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia (complete set)

    Art in Australia. Series 1, No. 1 – Series 4, No. 6 (1916 – 1942). Completes set. Series 1 (11 issues, quarto), Series 2 (2 issues, large quarto), Series 3 (80 issues, quarto), Series 4 (6 issues, large quarto). Illustrated wrappers, occasional chipping and flecking, extensively illustrated, tipped-in plates, a very good set. The most …

  • Old Sinhalese nursery rhymes and folk songs

    # 46886

    HAMER, Heather (1885 - 1962)

    Old Sinhalese nursery rhymes and folk songs

    Collected and illustrated by Heather Hamer. With a Foreword by Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, K.C.M.G. Ceylon : The Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd., 1935. Quarto, gilt-lettered diced road, lightly scuffed and worn, pp. [36], illustrated with twelve full page black and white illustrations by Hamer, with tissue guards, illustrating in modernist style the nursery rhymes. Heather …

  • The English Suite : a new catalogue of nostalgic wallpapers designed for the Antipodes

    # 47056

    HINDS, John (1950 - )

    The English Suite : a new catalogue of nostalgic wallpapers designed for the Antipodes

    Melbourne : the artist, 2012. Elephant folio (580 mm tall), lettered cloth, title page, preface, 14 leaves of designs stencilled in colour, which reference traditional English patterns and iconography, but have been re-designed to reflect a contemporary theme or topic, ostensibly as prototypes for wallpapers for distribution in the Antipodes. A printed sheet of notes …

  • Metonymy in contemporary art : a new paradigm

    # 47330

    GREEN, Denise

    Metonymy in contemporary art : a new paradigm

    Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press ; Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2005. Quarto, silver blocked cloth, pp. 136, illustrated. ‘Denise Green develops an original approach to art criticism and modes of creativity inspired by aspects of Australian Aboriginal and Indian thought. Interweaving her own evolution as an artist with critiques of Clement Greenberg and …

  • John Glover and the Colonial picturesque

    # 47289

    HANSEN, David

    John Glover and the Colonial picturesque

    Hobart : Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 2003. Oblong quarto, pictorial laminated boards, pp. 312, extensively illustrated. A fine copy. On his first visit to Mills Plains, Glover wrote to Emma Lord: ‘I think we shall live principally here, it also suits me because very rich and Picturesque… I like the country much…’.’ A characteristic …

  • Robert Jacks. Past unfolded.

    # 47271

    McGREGOR, Ken.

    Robert Jacks. Past unfolded.

    Sydney: Craftsman House 2001. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, 168 pp. profusely illustrated. The first major monograph on Jacks. Signed by the artist on the title page, and inscribed ‘Castlemaine 2010’.

  • Joy Hester and Friends

    # 47266

    HART, Deborah

    Joy Hester and Friends

    Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2001. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light handling marks, pp. 136, illustrated. Detailed monograph from a major survey exhibition.

  • E. Phillips Fox : his life and art

    # 47129

    ZUBANS, Ruth

    E. Phillips Fox : his life and art

    Melbourne : Miegunyah Press, 1995. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket, pp. 243, illustrated, pale foxing to preliminaries, a very good copy. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. A fine monograph on Emanuel Phillips Fox, husband of Ethel Carrick Fox.

  • Bill Henson (dustjacket design with face of a girl)

    # 47231

    HEYWARD, Michael

    Bill Henson (dustjacket design with face of a girl)

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2017. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 75, illustrated. New copy of an out of print title, in mint condition, purchased new from the NGV at the time of publication. The standard edition, printed with three variant dustjacket illustrations in equal numbers (marble sculpture, face of a girl and a …

  • Those two daring pirates

    # 47072

    HABY, Gracia and JENNISON, Louise [Gracia & Louise]

    Those two daring pirates

    [Melbourne] : the artists, 2004. Artist’s book, 180 mm tall, 22 page concertina offset lithograph with original hand colouring, bound in coloured fabric, initialled by the artists. Printed in an edition of 30 copies with one artist’s proof, this is copy 13/30. A colourful celebration of the cultural life of New Orleans, Louisiana. “[These two …

  • Emily Kame Kngwarreye : utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye

    # 47071

    [KNGWARREYE]. NEALE, Margo, ELLWOOD, Tony, NISHINO, Hanako, et al.

    Emily Kame Kngwarreye : utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye

    Canberra, Australia and Japan : National Museum of Australia/ The National Museum of Art, Osaka/ The National Art Centre, Tokyo/ The Yomiuri Shimbun, 2008. Quarto, boards in pictorial dust jacket, very lightly rubbed, pp. 256, illustrated throughout in colour, exhibition catalogue in English and Japanese language for the travelling exhibition of Australian Indigenous artist Emily …

  • Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic

    # 47049

    HICKS, Petrina; CROMBIE, Isobel; QUIRK, Maria

    Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2019. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 144, illustrated. Fine copy. Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic is the first in-depth study of the work of Australian artist Petrina Hicks. Since 2003, Hicks has developed a highly distinctive body of work that combines her background as a commercial photographer with her interest …