Australian Artists L-P
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# 50659
ORBAN, Desiderius
Desiderius Orban. Works from 1900 to 1975.
Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1975. Small quarto, illustrated wrappers, lightly marked, pp. 56, illustrated.
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# 50653
[NOLAN]. HARRIS, Max
Sidney Nolan : the Wimmera paintings
Adelaide Festival of Arts Exhibition. Sydney : David Jones’ Gallery, 1970. Oblong octavo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound, pp. 8, contains essay ‘Apotheosis of the wheatlands’ by Max Harris, two monochrome plates illustrating Nolan’s work, a list of 23 works exhibited with catalogue notes. A fine copy.
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# 50646
EDWARDS, Deborah.
Mackennal (new copy)
Bertram Mackennal. The fifth Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project. Sydney : Art Gallery of NSW, 2007. Quarto, hard cover with illustrated dust jacket, pp. 216, foreword by Edmund Capon, preface by Neil and Diane Balnaves, essays by Deborah Edwards, Juliette Peers, David J. Getsy, Noel Hutchinson, Denise Mimmochi, Roger Neill, Meri Machin-Roberts, Mark Stocker, Terence Lane, …
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# 50630
McGREGOR, Ken
James Drinkwater : encrusting the marvellous heart (signed copy)
Melbourne : Badger Editions, 2016. Folio, illustrated laminated boards, pp. 173, illustrated. Designed by Jenny Zimmer. Printed in a limited edition of 100 copies, signed by the artist and author. Scarce.
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# 50629
MUIR, Marcie and HOLDEN, Robert
The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Sydney : Craftsman House, 1985. First edition. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket (light sunning to spine), 171 pp. extensively illustrated. The definitive reference on Outhwaite, one of Australia’s and Britain’s most loved children’s authors and illustrators. A very good copy of the first edition.
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# 50627
McGREGOR, Ken.
David Larwill (signed by the author)
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 author, Ken McGregor. A fine copy, as new.
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# 50620
LYNN, Victoria (curator); PICCININI, Patricia; HESTER, Joy
Patricia Piccinini & Joy Hester : through love
Melbourne : TarraWarra Museum of Art, November 2018. Quarto, pictorial laminated boards, illustrated endpapers, pp. 126, illustrated. New copy. Catalogue for an Exhibition held at TarraWarra Museum of Art from 24 November 2018 – 11 March 2019. ‘Love and intimacy are the focus of this major exhibition that pairs the work of globally renowned artist Patricia …
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# 46852
McCRAE, George Gordon (1833-1927)
Carrion Vulture (Vultur Bismarckii)
[Melbourne, c.1871]. Ink and wash on paper, 235 x 285 mm (sheet), signed in the image lower left ‘G G McCrae’, titled by the artist lower centre ‘Carrion Vulture (Vultur Bismarckii)’; laid down on board. A large-scale allegorical sketch depicting Bismarck picking over the corpses of France and Liberty, by the Melbourne literary figure George …
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# 50568
HAPLEY, Melissa
Norman Lindsay : drawn to women. The complete published etchings
Perth, W.A. : Art Gallery of Western Australia, [2006]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (rubbed, light handling marks) , pp. 46, illustrated. Catalogue of exhibition held at the Art Gallery of Western Australia from 15 October 2006 to 14 January 2007.
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# 50545
MENPES, Mortimer and Dorothy
Brittany
London : Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Quarto, gilt-lettered decorated cloth over bevelled boards (lightly marked, spine slightly dulled), top edge gilt, others uncut, endpapers lightly foxed, pp. x; 254, illustrated with 75 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, occasional scattered foxing, a very good copy. The edition de luxe, limited to 350 numbered copies …
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# 50529
EDWARDS, Deborah
Godfrey Miller 1893 – 1964
With contributions by John Henshaw and Ann Wookey. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1996. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 128, illustrated. A fine copy. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15th March – 5th May, 1996 and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 15th …
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# 50498
MAYNARD, John
True light and shade : an aboriginal perspective of Joseph Lycett’s art
Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2014. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 168, illustrated. Out of print, a fine copy. ‘True light and shade’ is filled with beautiful images by convict artist Joseph Lycett that powerfully capture in intimate detail Aboriginal life, a rare record of Aboriginal people within the vicinity of Newcastle and how they …
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# 50486
LANE, Terence (1946 - 2025)
Robert Prenzel 1866 – 1941 : his life and work
Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1994. Quarto, softcovers, pp. 64, illustrated, light edge wear, a very good copy. An essential reference on this important art-nouveau Australian wood carver. Long out of print, this is a scarce copy.
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# 50477
SMITH, Geoffrey
Sidney Nolan : desert & drought (hardcover edition, signed by Jinx Nolan)
Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2003. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, 160pp. Exhibition catalogue with numerous full page coloured plates throughout. The scarce hardcover edition, signed by the artist’s daughter Jinx Nolan on the title page in the year of publication.
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# 50469
MIDDLEMOST, Thomas (editor)
Bruno Leti. Series: A Life of Images (signed presentation copy for Jenny Zimmer)
Melbourne : The Miegunyah Press, 2022. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 256, illustrated. Signed by the artist on the half-title with a warm presentation inscription to art publisher, historian and author Jenny Zimmer. A fine copy. A genuine original, in art and life Leti tends to work in series that hold a continuity and common inspiration …
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# 50461
NOLAN, Sidney and LYNN, Elwyn
Sidney Nolan – Australia (deluxe edition)
Sydney and London: Bay Books, 1979. Quarto, gilt-lettered calf with Nolan Kelly pictorial design in cloth slipcase (lightly marked) , 226pp. illustrated throughout, a fine copy The deluxe edition, limited to 200 numbered copies signed by Sidney Nolan.