Australian Artists L-P
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# 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 …
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# 47069
[LOXTON, John] ROWELL, John; TAYLOR, H. Vivian
The art of John S. Loxton
Melbourne : Osboldstone & Co, 1956. Quarto, inlaid boards illustrated dustjacket (light crease and stain to upper wrapper), [15]pp with 28 plate leaves. Features 22 reproductions in full colour, and 6 in duotone, with text by John Rowell. Limited to 1250 copies, signed by the artist.
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# 47052
McGREGOR, Ken.
David Larwill (signed copy)
With Elizabeth Thomson. Sydney : Craftsman House, 1997. Quarto, hardcover in dustjacket, 204 pp. illustrated throughout. The major monograph on Larwill. This copy signed and inscribed by the artist and the author. A fine copy.
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# 47045
Sydney Ure Smith.
Art in Australia. A quarterly magazine. Third series, number sixty-six.
Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1937. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers with Margaret Preston design, 88pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, very clean internally, a fine copy. Features articles on Arthur Streeton’s recent works, the Archibald Competition, Mary Edwards. Also includes colour and black and …
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# 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 …
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# 47040
MADDISON, Ruth
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Melbourne : Centre for Contemporary Photography, 2021. Octavo, illustrated gatefold wrappers, unpaginated, approx. 200 pp., illustrated. A fine copy, as new. Scarce. ‘Spanning close to 200 pages, this landmark publication sits alongside Maddison’s exhibition as a key survey of her social documentary practice from 1976 to the current day. Covering key periods within Maddison’s extensive …
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# 46914
HOORN, Jeanette et al.
Une Australienne. Hilda Rix Nicholas : in Paris, Tangier & Sydney
Mosman : Mosman Art Gallery, 2014. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 80, illustrated. Scarce. ‘Hilda Rix Nicholas was an Australian painter of great ambition who established her career in the early decades of the 20th century both internationally and in Australia. Classically trained in the studios of Paris she became part of the artist colony in …
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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, …