Australian Artists Q-Z

  • # 45513

    [WHITELEY, Brett]. MCGRATH, Sandra

    Brett Whiteley (deluxe signed edition)

    Sydney : Bay Books, 1979. Quarto, full leather with gilt embossed signature in slipcase (lightly marked), pp. 232 fully illustrated. The deluxe signed edition, limited to 200 copies in a special binding (this is copy 92), pale foxing to preliminaries, a very good copy of a rare edition.

  • # 45511

    SUMMONS, Elizabeth

    The Eric Thake Picture Book

    Melbourne : Gryphon Books, 1978. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth in dustjacket (price clipped, light marks and edge wear), unpaginated, foxing to preliminaries, contains numerous plates reproducing Thake’s linocuts. Limited to 1000 copies.

  • # 45506

    [WAKELIN]. WALTON, Leslie

    The art of Roland Wakelin

    Sydney : Craftsman House, 1987. Quarto, boards in dust jacket (lightly sunned and marked), preliminaries foxed, pp. 136, introduction by Lloyd Rees, extensive text on the life and work of Roland Wakelin by Leslie Walton, generously illustrated throughout in colour with some black & white plates, light foxing to preliminaries, a good reference copy.  

  • # 45477

    SAWREY, Hugh (1919 - 1999)

    The art of Hugh Sawrey (deluxe limited edition with original signed drawing)

    Created and designed by the artist. [Qld.] : J.T. Hooper, 1981. Deluxe limited edition. Oblong folio, gilt-lettered padded leather binding (a couple of light impressions), pp. 104, illustrated in colour, the deluxe edition, specially bound, limited to 500 numbered copies, with an original signed pen and ink drawing by the artist ‘The Corn Chipper – …

  • # 45473

    GRAY, Anna

    Tom Roberts

    Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2015. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 320, illustrated. A very good second hand copy, the text block slightly loose, of the catalogue from this landmark exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia. This book is now out of print. School edition, the front free endpaper with a printed message from …

  • # 45447

    WILLIAMS, Fred.

    Fred Williams etchings

    Woollahra : Rudy Komon Gallery, 1968. Quarto, cloth-covered boards in dustjacket (slight edge wear, price clipped), pp. 132, introduction by John Brack, catalogue by James Mollison, an extensive illustrated catalogue of Williams’ etchings, a very good copy.

  • # 45439

    HALL, Rodney

    Focus on Andrew Sibley

    Brisbane : University of Queensland Press, 1968. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (edges rubbed), pp. 70, illustrated, In the ‘Artists in Queensland’ series.

  • # 45329

    TARDENT, Henry A. (1853-1929)

    Mrs. Ellis Rowan and her contributions to Australian art and science

    Brisbane : Watson, Ferguson & Co, 1927. Octavo, lettered wrappers with pictorial inlay (edges chipped, rubbed, staples rusted, small chip with loss to lower panel); pp. 58, photographic portrait of the author, 12 colour plates; occasional light foxing, a very good copy. A rare and detailed early monograph on the indefatigable Ellis Rowan, the intrepid …

  • # 44650

    THOMAS, Margaret

    A hero of the workshop and a Somersetshire worthy, Charles Summers, sculptor. The story of his struggles & triumph. 

    London : Hamilton, Adams, [1879]. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth boards with gilt embossed lettering and black design to upper board, 48 pp, title page defective, a good sized chunk missing with archival tape repair. A good reference copy of a scarce title. Biography of the British sculptor Charles Summers (1825-1878), who lived and …

  • # 45402

    FULLERTON, Patricia and SMITH, Bernard

    Hugh Ramsay 1877 – 1906

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1992. Quarto, illustrated cards, pp. 82, extensively illustrated.

  • # 45385

    SENBERGS, Jan (1939 - )

    Jan Senbergs. Recent paintings and drawings. Otway – Melbourne 1995 – 1996

    Melbourne : Deutscher Fine Art, 1996. Exhibition invitation card, two panels folding, two colour reproductions and black and white diptych, no catalogue.

  • # 45371

    [REES, Lloyd]

    Lloyd Rees, late drawings and lithographs

    Launceston : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, 1982. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, lightly marked, pp. 60, illustrated, some colour. Essay by Barbara Chapman.

  • # 45370

    KING, Richard (ed.)

    Hall Thorpe. Coloured woodcuts

    Sydney : Print Room Press, 1980. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 84, illustrated, essay by Robert Holden. Limited to 1000 copies in paperback format.  

  • # 45362

    VASSILIEFF, Danila and VASSILIEFF, Elizabeth

    Danila Vassilieff. Watercolours 1940 – 1955

    Melbourne : 27 Niagara Lane Galleries, 1982. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 28, illustrated. Catalogue and notes by the artist’s widow Elizabeth Vassilieff Sutton “VASILIEVA”.

  • # 45351

    [RUSSELL, John Peter]

    John Peter Russell : Drawings, pastels & watercolours from the Tagliana Collection

    Melbourne : Tolarno Galleries, 1984. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, lightly marked; lists 24 works, with introduction by Ann Galbally.

  • # 45341

    VASSILIEFF, Danila

    Danila Vassilieff (1898 – 1958)

    Sydney : Macquarie Galleries, 1973. Octavo, folded sheet (lightly foxed), cover illustration, pp. 4, catalogue of 33 works with prices, biography, a very good copy.