Australian Artists L-P
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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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 46870
MALTBY, Peg (author and illustrator)
Peg’s fairy book
Written & illustrated by Peg Maltby. Melbourne : Murfett Pty. Ltd., [1944]. First edition. Folio, decorated papered boards, cloth spine, edges rubbed, a little silverfished, pp. [48], colour plates, vignette illustrations, a good copy. Muir 4742
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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.
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# 46844
[NOLAN]. MISSINGHAM, Hal
Souvenir catalogue : Nolan
Retrospective exhibition, paintings from 1937 to 1967 : Sidney Nolan. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1967. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 40, illustrated with colour and monochrome plates, catalogue list of 143 works, detailed biography; essay by Hal Missingham.
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# 46827
LAING, Rosemary; ANNEAR, Judy; LYNN, Victoria
Rosemary Laing
Healesville : Tarrawarra Museum of Art, 2017. Oblong folio, illustrated boards, pp. 92, illustrated. Essays by Victoria Lynn and Judy Annear. Catalogue of an exhibition held at TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, 2 December 2017 – 11 February 2018. ‘Rosemary Laing is a renowned Australian artist who has worked with photography since the late 1980s. …
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# 46792
[NOLAN, Sidney]
Sidney Nolan’s Wimmera : from Wail to Ballarat
Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1999. Quarto, blue illustrated wrappers, pp. 12, some illustrations. Companion catalogue to the exhibition, featuring 26 works. A fine copy.