Australian Artists E-K

  • Utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye

    # 45893

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

    Utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye

    Canberra : National Museum of Australia, 2008. Quarto, illustrated cards, edges very minimally rubbed, pp. 272, small clip to corner of endpaper, illustrated throughout in colour, exhibition catalogue for the exhibition of Australian Indigenous artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye’s work ‘Utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye’. Contains text by Craddock Morton, Kevin Rudd, Murray McLean, …

  • [MILITARY] We were the rats

    # 45883

    GLASSOP, Lawson (1913-1966)

    [MILITARY] We were the rats

    Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1944. First edition. Octavo, brown cloth over boards (canted), in the rare illustrated dust jacket by Frank Hodgkinson (defective, splits and tears repaired with old brown paper), 275 pp; foreword by Norman Lindsay; contents clean and sound. Author and journalist Lawson Glassop served in the Middle East between 1940-1943, during …

  • Principio erat (standard edition B)

    # 45971

    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 …

  • Ian Fairweather (deluxe edition)

    # 45849

    BAIL, Murray.

    Ian Fairweather (deluxe edition)

    Sydney : Bay Books, 1981. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth, slipcase, pp. 264, slight rubbing to edges, light sunning and discolouration to the boards and slipcase, extensively illustrated. First edition. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies specially bound, signed by the author. This copy is number 50. Scarce.

  • Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori : dulka warngiid = land of all

    # 46497

    RYAN, Judith et al.

    Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori : dulka warngiid = land of all

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 2016. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 144, illustrated throughout. This beautifully illustrated publication features works drawn from public and private collections in an exhibition surveying the life and work of the late Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori c.1924–2015, the distinguished senior Kaiadilt woman artist from Bentinck Island in the Queensland’s Gulf of …

  • Southland / Yanni Florence

    # 46006

    FLORENCE, Yanni

    Southland / Yanni Florence

    Melbourne : M.33, 2013. Quarto, pictorial cloth, pp. [28], illustrated. Limited to 50 copies signed and numbered by the artist. “These photographs were taken by Yanni Florence not on assignment but as an aside and as a participant in the weekly shopping trip to the SOUTHLAND shopping centre. A brightly lit and colourful place seen …

  • Immolation / Yanni Florence.

    # 46005

    FLORENCE, Yanni

    Immolation / Yanni Florence.

    Melbourne : M.33, 2015. Quarto, decorated cloth, pp. [28], illustrated. Limited to 25 copies signed and numbered by the artist. ” ‘Immolation’ is a book of photographs by Yanni Florence of people on fire. Not in flames running down the street screaming but quietly burning. There is smoke coming from a man seen from behind …

  • George Johnson : world view

    # 45997

    HEATHCOTE, Christopher; ZIMMER, Jenny

    George Johnson : world view

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2006. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 256, illustrated. Fine copy, as new. George Johnson arrived in Australia from New Zealand in 1952 and in 1956 held his first exhibition of abstract painting in Melbourne. This book marks the artist’s 80th birthday and fifty years of singular dedication to philosophy-based abstract …

  • Wolf Jansen Ausstellung

    # 45961

    JANSEN, Wolf

    Wolf Jansen Ausstellung

    Melbourne : 39 Steps Gallery, 1971. Octavo, folded sheet, foxed and dusty, pp. 4, catalogue of 10 works with prices, invitation card enclosed. The gallery director was Vic Langsam.

  • The business of nature. John Gould and Australia

    # 45918

    RUSSELL, Roslyn

    The business of nature. John Gould and Australia

    Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2011. Quarto, illustrated laminated boards, pp. vi; 224, illustrated. Previous owner’s bookplate and name stamp to endpaper.

  • Joy Hester. Works from the Reed Family Collection

    # 45958

    GOULD GALLERIES

    Joy Hester. Works from the Reed Family Collection

    Sydney : Gould Galleries, 2005. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, slightly creased, foxed and marked, pp. [32]. Price list enclosed.  

  • S. T. Gill. The South Australian years 1839 - 1852 (hardcover)

    # 45841

    APPLEYARD, Ron; FARGHER, Barbara; RADFORD, Ron

    S. T. Gill. The South Australian years 1839 – 1852 (hardcover)

    Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 1986. Oblong quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. viii; 120, light edge wear, a very good copy.  

  • Hans Heysen. Paintings, drawings and watercolours

    # 45828

    KLEPAC, Lou

    Hans Heysen. Paintings, drawings and watercolours

    Sydney : The Beagle Press, 2016. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 216, illustrated. A fine copy. Hans Heysen is one of the giants of Australian art who transformed the way we see the Australian landscape during the first two decades of Federation. Back from four years of study in Europe at the end of 1903, …

  • Linde Ivimey (signed copy)

    # 45801

    MARTIN-CHEW, Louise

    Linde Ivimey (signed copy)

    Brisbane : The University of Queensland Art Museum, 2012. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth in dustjacket, CD-ROM inset to upper board, pp. 191, illustrated. Signed on the title page by the artist Linde Ivimey, the author Louise Martin-Chew, and the gallerist Martin Brown, all dated 2012. ‘Linde Ivimey is one of Australia’s most admired contemporary artists. This …

  • The Henson case

    # 45787

    MARR, David (1947 - )

    The Henson case

    Melbourne : Text Publishing, 2008. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 149, illustrated. New copy. “David Marr examines the issues surrounding the recent seizure of artworks by NSW Police from Bill Henson’s exhibition. Censorship and the arts. The Australian Prime Minister called them absolutely revolting. Their removal from a Sydney art gallery was hailed by the Daily …

  • Robert Klippel (Deluxe edition with original bronze sculpture)

    # 45521

    GLEESON, James; KLIPPEL, Robert

    Robert Klippel (Deluxe edition with original bronze sculpture)

    Sydney and London : Bay Books, 1983. Thick quarto, hessian cloth over boards in illustrated dustjacket (lightly sunned), 492 pp, extensively illustrated;  foxing to preliminaries, but a fine copy housed in a later custom made slipcase. The deluxe edition of the definitive monograph on the artist, limited to 100 copies signed and numbered by Klippel …

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