Australian Artists L-P

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Fifty-Nine

    # 46711

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Fifty-Nine

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1933. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, 92pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, edges rubbed and a crack to upper hinge, else good. Features essay by Gavin Long on the Heysen loan exhibition; essay on S. Woodward Smith and Kenneth MacQueen …

  • Nolan : the estate of Sir Sidney Nolan

    # 46702

    NOLAN, Sidney (1917 - 1992)

    Nolan : the estate of Sir Sidney Nolan

    Melbourne : Sotheby’s, 2001. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 112, illustrations throughout. Auction catalogue for the estate of Sir Sidney Nolan on the date of September 16, 2001.

  • John Passmore 1904 - 84. Retrospective

    # 46626

    PASSMORE, John

    John Passmore 1904 – 84. Retrospective

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1984. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 96, illustrated.

  • the mind of itself and the world

    # 46545

    FENNER, Brooke Shanti et al.

    the mind of itself and the world

    Northcote, Vic. : Light Projects, 2011. Octavo (210 x 150 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers, pp. 108, illustrated; an excellent copy. Booklet produced in the wake of the mind of itself and the world, a collaborative project at Light Projects (Northcote, Melbourne), 15 August-4 September 2011, facilitated by Brooke Shanti Fenner, Oliver Cloke and Tahlia Jolly, with artists Laura …

  • Dear Primitive : black bodies as decor. 27 October - 13 November 1994. Temple Studio, Macquarie Street & St Edmonds Road, Prahran.

    # 46321

    MOORE, Ross

    Dear Primitive : black bodies as decor. 27 October – 13 November 1994. Temple Studio, Macquarie Street & St Edmonds Road, Prahran.

    Prahran, Vic. : Temple Studio, 1994. Quarto folding card (290 x 210 mm), printed on [4] sides, illustrated; very good condition; invitation to exhibition opening loosely inserted. ‘”Dear Primitive” quite deliberately takes popular “Aboriginalia” imagery of the 1950s-60s (the stuff of kids’ books and wall ceramics) in order to expose it, in the psychic sense, …

  • Liardet's water-colours of early Melbourne.

    # 46506

    BATE, Weston (editor)

    Liardet’s water-colours of early Melbourne.

    Introduction and captions by Susan Adams. Edited by Weston Bate. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press on behalf of the Library Council of Victoria, 1972. First edition. Oblong quarto (230 x 300 mm), linen over boards in illustrated dust jacket; illustrated endpapers, pp. ix, 101; internally very clean, an excellent copy.    

  • Nolan’s Nolans : a reputation reassessed

    # 46504

    [NOLAN]. AGNEW, Julian and USHERWOOD, Nicholas

    Nolan’s Nolans : a reputation reassessed

    An exhibition of paintings from the estate of Sidney Nolan. London : Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd, 1997. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, unpaginated, foreword by Julian Agnew, introduction by Nicholas Usherwood; illustrated catalogue of 87 works, biography of the artist’s life and work; a very good copy. Errata slip and price list loosely enclosed.

  • Joseph Lycett. Governor Macquarie’s convict artist.

    # 46499

    TURNER, John

    Joseph Lycett. Governor Macquarie’s convict artist.

    Newcastle : Hunter History Publications, 1997. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 148, illustrated, light handling marks, a very good copy. A detailed study of Lycett.

  • The complete etchings of Norman Lindsay (reference copy)

    # 46492

    [LINDSAY]. BLOOMFIELD, Lin.

    The complete etchings of Norman Lindsay (reference copy)

    Sydney: Odana Editions,1998.  Large quarto, gilt lettered boards with pictorial inlay in colour illustrated wrappers, 480pp. Comprehensive monograph covering Lindsay’s published and unpublished etchings. There are several hundred illustrations. This is the expanded edition of two books published by Odana on Norman Lindsay’s etchings, much enhanced by the additional content. This copy has foxing to …

  • Sturt's Desert Pea, 1925

    # 38842

    PRESTON, Margaret (1875 - 1963)

    Sturt’s Desert Pea, 1925

    Woodcut, printed in black ink from one block, coloured by hand, measuring 184 x 248 mm (image), signed in the image lower left M. P., signed in pencil lower right Margaret Preston, titled lower left 15 Proof Sturt’s Desert Pea etc., framed in black timber. Printed in an edition of 50 copies. This striking modernist woodcut features …

  • Untitled (Lady with monkey) 1923

    # 43442

    McLACHLAN, Phyllis (1905 - 1998)

    Untitled (Lady with monkey) 1923

    Watercolour with gold highlights on card, 334 x 254 mm, signed and dated ‘Phil McLachlan 23’ lower right; in very good condition. Housed in a custom timber frame in period style by Philip Tregear, Melbourne. A stunning original watercolour from the artist’s estate. Painted when McLachlan was just 18, it exemplifies her innate sense of …

  • Tracey Moffatt : Scarred for Life. 27 October - 19 November 1994.

    # 46319

    [MOFFATT, Tracey]

    Tracey Moffatt : Scarred for Life. 27 October – 19 November 1994.

    Prahran, Vic. : Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, 1994. Exhibition room list. Foolscap folio, stapled, [2] pp., photocopied; all works in the exhibition were photo offset prints priced at $300 each (edition of 50); a good copy. Scarred for Life has become one of Moffatt’s most acclaimed series of photographic works.

  • John Perceval : a retrospective exhibition of paintings

    # 46459

    PERCEVAL, John

    John Perceval : a retrospective exhibition of paintings

    Melbourne : Heide Park and Art Gallery, [1984]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 28, illustrations throughout (some colour). Exhibition catalogue of 73 works with essay by Traudi Allen. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the half title.  

  • E. Phillips Fox 1865-1915

    # 46446

    ZUBANS, Ruth; CLARK, Jane

    E. Phillips Fox 1865-1915

    Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1994. Quarto, illustrated wrappers; vi, 74 pp; illustrated in colour; a very good copy.

  • George Lambert 1873-1930. Catalogue raisonné : paintings and sculpture, drawings in public collections

    # 46429

    GRAY, Anne

    George Lambert 1873-1930. Catalogue raisonné : paintings and sculpture, drawings in public collections

    Perth, W.A. : Bonaray Press in association with Sotheby’s and the Australian War Memorial, 1996. Quarto, illustrated card wrappers (lower wrapper a little marked), pp. xiii, 23, unillustrated. Scarce. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the half title.  

  • Nerli : an exhibition of paintings & drawings

    # 46422

    ENTWISTLE, Peter et al.

    Nerli : an exhibition of paintings & drawings

    [Dunedin, N.Z.] : Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 1988. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (lprice sticker to lower panel), pp. 184, illustrated. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Dunedin Public Art Gallery during 1988.