Australian Artists L-P

  • The etched works of Mortimer Menpes (1855 - 1938)

    # 45178

    MORGAN, Gary

    The etched works of Mortimer Menpes (1855 – 1938)

    Adelaide : Stuart Galleries, 2012. Three volumes quarto, boards in dust jackets. A fine set. A limited edition catalogue raisonné of the etched works of the Australian / British artist Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938). Fully illustrated catalogue, in 3 volumes. The first volume covers the years 1855-1900 with an extensive biography of the artist, Volumes 2 …

  • Portraits of Clifton Pugh

    # 45279

    [PUGH, Clifton]

    Portraits of Clifton Pugh

    Melbourne : The University of Melbourne Gallery, [c.1975]. Square octavo, pictorial wrappers, 20 pp. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout; a good copy.

  • Eureka Stockade : a mural by Sidney Nolan

    # 45007

    NOLAN, Sidney (1917 - 1992)

    Eureka Stockade : a mural by Sidney Nolan

    [Melbourne : Reserve Bank of Australia, c. 1968]. Oblong octavo, folded sheet with tipped on cover illustration, printed text concerning the large scale mural commissioned by the Bank by Sidney Nolan.

  • Sidney Nolan : Inferno

    # 45035

    NOLAN, Sidney (1917 - 1992)

    Sidney Nolan : Inferno

    Canberra : Canberra Museum + Gallery, 2022. Narrow folio, exhibition catalogue, folded sheet, illustrated, pp. [18], essay by Dr. Sarah Schmidt.

  • John Perceval : painting down the bay

    # 45046

    JAMES, Rodney

    John Perceval : painting down the bay

    Mornington : Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 2004. Quarto, lettered wrappers, pp. 20, illustrated.

  • Alun Leach-Jones. Recent works.

    # 44996

    LEACH-JONES, Alun

    Alun Leach-Jones. Recent works.

    Sydney : Watters Gallery, 1972. Exhibition catalogue, folded card (creased), pp. [6], catalogue, biography.

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Six.

    # 45062

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Six.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1923. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers (minor loss and splitting on spine), unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a very good copy. Includes Norman Lindsay’s reply to Orpen; ‘The Virgin Queen’ by C Maclaurin; and Fables by Clive Turnbull and …

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Thirteen. Etching Number

    # 45061

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Thirteen. Etching Number

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1925. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers 9slight discolouration to spine), unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a very good copy. A special edition focussing on the art of etching in Australia and Internationally. Illustrations by Lionel Lindsay, Sydney Long, Sydney …

  • Recent paintings. Rodney Milgate 26 July to 7 August 1967

    # 44975

    MILGATE, Rodney

    Recent paintings. Rodney Milgate 26 July to 7 August 1967

    Sydney : Macquarie Galleries, 1967. Single sheet, folded into 4 pp octavo, offset staining to interior from old news clipping, catalogue of 37 works.

  • The artist & the desert (deluxe edition)

    # 44600

    OLSEN, John; McGRATH, Sandra

    The artist & the desert (deluxe edition)

    Sydney : Bay Books, 1981. Quarto, gilt-lettered full leather bound boards in cloth slipcase, a few minor scuff marks to boards and case, pp. 192, illustrated. The deluxe edition, specially bound, limited to 200 copies signed by the artist and author (this is copy number 6).  

  • Progress to denial. A poem by Colin Thiele. Cover design by Margaret Preston

    # 44558

    THIELE, Colin (1920 - 2006)

    Progress to denial. A poem by Colin Thiele. Cover design by Margaret Preston

    [Adelaide] : Jindyworobak Publications, 1945. Octavo, printed wrappers with cover design by Margaret Preston, orange lettering and design, pp. 33, previous owner’s name to preliminary blank  

  • Conrad Martens : the H.W.B. Chester Memorial Collection

    # 44566

    PEARCE, Barry

    Conrad Martens : the H.W.B. Chester Memorial Collection

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1979. Quarto, wrappers (a little discoloured), pp. 48, illustrated. Scarce.

  • Recorded movements in time. Eight silkscreen prints 1991.

    # 35316

    LETI, Bruno

    Recorded movements in time. Eight silkscreen prints 1991.

    Melbourne : the artist, 1991. Folio, lettered wrappers with linocut design, stringbound, pp. 24, introduction by Bruno Leti, eight silkscreen prints made in collaboration with Larry Rawling. Limited to 35 copies plus 7 proofs (this is Artists Proof II). Two copies recorded in Australian libraries (State Library of Victoria, State Library of New South Wales)

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Seven.

    # 44834

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Seven.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1924. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, an excellent copy. Includes ‘The Proverbs of Goya and Blamire Young’ by Lionel Lindsay; ‘Faith, Love and, Death’ by Dowell O’Reilly; and an essay on Victorian war memorial …

  • Bruno Leti. Series: A Life of Images (signed copy)

    # 44788

    MIDDLEMOST, Thomas (editor)

    Bruno Leti. Series: A Life of Images (signed copy)

    Melbourne : The Miegunyah Press, 2022. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 256, illustrated. Signed by the artist on the endpaper.  A fine copy. A genuine original, in art and life Leti tends to work in series that hold a continuity and common inspiration similar to that of an artist’s book. The whole of the book – …

  • Wanderings. Small paintings and photographs (signed copy)

    # 44789

    LETI, Bruno and SKOVRAN, Alex

    Wanderings. Small paintings and photographs (signed copy)

    Melbourne : the artist, 2023. Octavo, illustrated boards, pp. 78, illustrated. Poetry by Skovran, in response to Leti’s paintings inspired by the natural environment. Signed by the artist.