Australian Artists L-P

  • Norman Lindsay Watercolours 1897 - 1969 (deluxe edition)

    # 43723

    BLOOMFIELD, Lin (1931 - )

    Norman Lindsay Watercolours 1897 – 1969 (deluxe edition)

    Bungendore : Odana Editions, 2003. Quarto, full leather in matching slipcase (a couple of small scratches), 312 pp. extensively illustrated with colour plates, notes and commentary on Lindsay’s artworks and techniques. The deluxe edition, limited to 550 signed and numbered copies, with an additional photograph of the painting The Presentation included. A standard edition was …

  • Pen Drawings. Norman Lindsay

    # 43060

    LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

    Pen Drawings. Norman Lindsay

    Sydney : Arthur McQuitty & Co., 1924. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies (this is number 294), signed in full by Norman Lindsay. Folio, papered boards (spine relined), upper board with gilt device and gilt-lettered inlay, edges rubbed and boards marked, unpaginated, foreword by Francis Crossle, illustrated with numerous full-page illustrations of Lindsay’s drawings, many …

  • The etched work of Sydney Long, A.R.E. A complete catalogue of his etchings.

    # 43569

    PAUL, Dorothy Ellsmore (editor)

    The etched work of Sydney Long, A.R.E. A complete catalogue of his etchings.

    Sydney : The Attic Press, 1928. Quarto, quarter-cloth over illustrated paper boards (lightly foxed), pp. [vi]; 10, [80], numerous tipped-in black and white plates, occasional sparse foxing, illustrated catalogue of 88 works. The frontispiece is an original etching ‘Young kookaburra and grasshopper’ signed by the artist. Limited to 300 copies signed by the artist.

  • Bea Maddock : catalogue raisonné. Volume 1 : 1951 - 1983 (all published)

    # 43731

    THOMAS, Daniel (editor)

    Bea Maddock : catalogue raisonné. Volume 1 : 1951 – 1983 (all published)

    Launceston : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, 2011. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 480, illustrated, CD-ROM included. Fine copy. The only volume published with no further volumes planned, the remaining catalogue raisonne published online. Acclaimed as one of Australia‘s most compelling artists, Bea Maddock is best known as a printmaker whose concern with the …

  • Mackennal

    # 43647

    EDWARDS, Deborah.

    Mackennal

    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, …

  • More than a memory : the art of Elizabeth Parsons.

    # 43630

    FILMER, Veronica

    More than a memory : the art of Elizabeth Parsons.

    Geelong : Geelong Gallery, 2004. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (light handling marks), previous owner’s name to title page, pp. 48, illustrated. Elizabeth Parsons (1831-1897) – also known as Mrs. George Parsons – was a significant but under-recognised female colonial artist working in Melbourne and Victoria in the 1870s and 1880s. She was a founding member of …

  • Roy de Maistre : the English years 1930-1968

    # 43566

    [DE MAISTRE] ; JOHNSON, Heather

    Roy de Maistre : the English years 1930-1968

    Sydney : Craftsman House, 1995. Quarto, cloth boards in dust jacket (spine sunned), pp 264, includes chapters on De Maistre’s influences – in particular music and religion – and Francis Bacon, Mitrinovic and Bloch; illustrated with 76 colour and black & white plates, detailed chronology on the artist’s life and work, list of exhibitions from …

  • Teeming with Life. John Olsen : his complete graphics 1957 – 2011

    # 43563

    [OLSEN, John]; McGREGOR, Ken and MAKIN, Jeffrey.

    Teeming with Life. John Olsen : his complete graphics 1957 – 2011

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2011. Folio, black boards with silver design to front, in dust jacket, pp. 304, illustrated in colour, a fine copy. Catalogue raisonne of Olsen’s prodigious graphic output. The second edition, revised. Near new copy. Teeming with Life. John Olsen : his complete graphics 1957 – 2023 was first published in an edition …

  • Justin O’Brien : the sacred music of colour

    # 43541

    [O'BRIEN]. PEARCE, Barry and WILSON, Natalie

    Justin O’Brien : the sacred music of colour

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2010. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 184, richly illustrated in colour throughout, academic text by Barry Pearce and Natalie Wilson, light handling wear, a very good copy.

  • Catalogue of paintings by H. Septimus-Power

    # 43489

    [SEPTIMUS-POWER, H.]

    Catalogue of paintings by H. Septimus-Power

    Melbourne : Athenaeum Hall, 1933. Octavo, lettered wrappers (stain to upper panel), pp. 8, two black & white plates tipped in, catalogue of 86 works with prices, newspaper reviews tipped on to lower wrapper.

  • Patricia Piccinini & Joy Hester : through love

    # 43447

    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 …

  • Roy Opie 1909 - 1968. A retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings.

    # 42682

    RICH, Margaret

    Roy Opie 1909 – 1968. A retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings.

    Geelong : Geelong Art Gallery, 1979. Exhibition catalogue, octavo, single sheet, folded, pp. 8, catalogue, illustrated in sepia.

  • Molvig: the lost antipodean

    # 43271

    [MOLVIG]. CHURCHER, Betty

    Molvig: the lost antipodean

    Melbourne : Penguin Books, 1984. Oblong octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 156, introduction and chapter’s on John Molvig’s life and work, catalogue of 445 works, exhibition history, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, light edge wear, a very good copy.

  • Julian Meagher

    # 43197

    ZIMMER, Jenny McGREGOR, Ken

    Julian Meagher

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2011. Duodecimo, quarter-cloth over illustrated boards, dustjacket, pp. 144, illustrated. Macmillan Mini-Art Series number 22

  • Bruno Leti

    # 43196

    LETI, Bruno; LONEY, Alan

    Bruno Leti

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2011. Duodecimo, boards in dustjacket, pp. 142, illustrated. Macmillan mini art-series no. 17.

  • The pen drawings of Norman Lindsay (deluxe edition)

    # 42266

    LINDSAY, Norman, 1879-1969

    The pen drawings of Norman Lindsay (deluxe edition)

    Special number of Art in Australia. Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Bertram Stevens. Sydney: Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1918. Quarto, quarter cloth over papered boards (light water stain, corners a little bumped), photographic frontispiece, 55 tipped-in plates, a very good copy. Limited to 200 copies signed by Norman Lindsay. There was also a trade …