Australian Artists L-P
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# 47002
MOUNTFORD, Charles P.
The art of Albert Namatjira
Foreword by R.H. Croll. Melbourne : Bread and Cheese Club, 1949. Fifth edition. Quarto, papered boards with gilt lettering, in illustrated dustjacket (lightly rubbed, a couple of short tears and nicks), 79 pp, illustrated with b/w and colour plates, pale water stain to fore edge. A good copy.
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# 46987
HETHERINGTON, Michelle
James Northfield. The art of selling Australia
Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2006. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp.96, illustrated. Striking modernist poster designs promoting Australian tourism.
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# 46980
NEALE, Margo
Urban Dingo. The art and life of Lin Onus 1948 – 1996
Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 2000. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 144, numerous illustrations, light handling wear and sunning to spine. A very good copy of a scarce title.
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# 46965
HALL, Vic
Namatjira of the Aranda
Adelaide : Rigby, 1963. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket , pp. 56 plus numerous photographic plates. A fine copy.
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# 46933
[LINDSAY, Ruby]. "Celt"
The cynic’s autograph book No. 2
Illustrations by Ruby Lind. London : Gay & Hancock, 1913. Duodecimo, decorated boards, pp. 95, illustrations. A book of pithy phrases with space for supporters to sign their autograph (none in this example). Scarce illustrated work by Ruby Lindsay.
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# 46930
PHILLIPS, Emma
Send me a lullaby
Melbourne : Photo Australia x Perimeter Editions (Melbourne), 2021. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 48, photographically illustrated. Send me a lullaby is a love letter to a city undergoing immense change, created during a period of both urban transformation and global upheaval. Emma Phillips was commissioned by Photo Australia to make a photographic portrait of Melbourne …
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# 46589
LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)
Creative effort : an essay in affirmation (deluxe edition with original signed etching)
Sydney : published for the author by Art in Australia, 1920. First edition. Octavo, quarter cloth over papered boards, spine lettered in gilt (a fine example); inscribed by the artist in pen on the front pastedown ‘Yours sincerely, Norman Lindsay’, small tape marks to endpapers, upper hinge slightly split, original signed etching by Norman Lindsay …
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# 46784
MACKENNAL, Bertram (1863-1931)
Bertram Mackennal, Australian sculptor : autograph letter signed, dated 27 November 1922, thanking a well-wisher for congratulating him on his election to the Royal Academy.
1 page, octavo, on embossed letterhead with the artist’s St. John’s Wood address; written in fountain pen entirely in Mackennal’s hand, the letter is dated 27 November 1922, addressed to ‘Dear Mr Bowles’, and signed at the foot ‘Yours sincerely, Bertram Mackennal’; Mackennal had just become a Royal Academician, and although it is not mentioned …
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# 46660
[LINDSAY]. BLOOMFIELD, Lin.
The complete etchings of Norman Lindsay
Sydney: Odana Editions,1998. Large quarto, gilt lettered boards with pictorial inlay in colour illustrated wrappers, 480pp, signed by Lin Bloomfield on the title page (lightly foxed) and a large pen inscription on the front free endpaper from Merlin & Chris Costello and family, who were involved in the publication of the book. Light handling marks, …
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# 46821
SMITH, Jason
Cutting through time. Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, and the Japanese Print
Geelong : Geelong Gallery, 2024. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 96, illustrated. Edges lightly rubbed, a very good copy. Catalogue for the exhibition of the same name. Quickly sold out. ‘This exceptionally beautiful Geelong Gallery-curated exhibition will examine the influence of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) on the famed contemporary Australian painter and printmaker, Cressida Campbell …
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# 46692
OLSEN, John; DURACK, Mary; DUTTON, Geoffrey; SERVENTY; Vincent; BORTIGNON, Alex
The Land beyond time : a modern exploration of Australia’s north-west frontiers. (signed copy with original pen drawing)
With Mary Durack, Geoffrey Dutton, Vincent Serventy and Alex Bortignon. Melbourne : Macmillan, 1984. Folio, boards in dust jacket, 312 pp, fully illustrated; a very good copy. This copy signed and inscribed John Olsen and his then-wife Noel Hjorth also adding an original pen drawing of a pelican plunging its beak into the pond where …
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# 46712
PRESTON, Margaret
Margaret Preston’s Lectures on art. Contained within Art in Australia, third series, number seventy-two.
Sydney : John Fairfax and Sons, August 1938. Quarto, original green wrappers, 80 pp. illustrated in colour and black and white, previous owner’s name to upper wrapper, a fine copy. Among the various articles and illustrations is a revised piece by Preston based on a series of lectures she gave at the Art Gallery of …
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# 46875
MESSENGER, Jane
Patricia Piccinini : once upon a time
Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 2011. Folio, illustrated boards in plastic carry case (light handling wear), pp. 148, illustrated. Surveys the career of one of Australia’s pre-eminent contemporary artists. This is the first major book on Piccinini and is designed to reflect the scale and detail of her varied practice. Published on the occasion …
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# 46849
NOLAN, Sidney
Sidney Nolan. Works on paper from the ’60s and ’70s : mixed media paintings, lithographs and screenprints.
Melbourne : Bridget McDonnell Gallery, 1997. Quarto, exhibition catalogue, folded card, three panels, pp. [6], illustrated. Price list enclosed.
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# 46855
[PERCEVAL]. McGREGOR, Ken.
Fifty years of Perceval drawings
Sydney, Bay Books, 1989. Folio, papered boards in illustrated dustjacket, 256 pages (preliminaries lightly foxed) illustrated with Perceval’s work throughout.Signed by Perceval in flamboyant orange ink on the title page.
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# 46846
NOLAN, Sidney (1917-1992); CLARK, Jane
Sidney Nolan : landscapes and legends
A retrospective exhibition 1937 – 1987. Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1987. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 176, extensively illustrated. A major monograph on the paintings of Nolan. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the half-title.