Australian Artists Q-Z

  • Lloyd Rees etchings and lithographs (signed by the author)

    # 50873

    [REES]. KOLENBERG, Hendrik

    Lloyd Rees etchings and lithographs (signed by the author)

    A catalogue raisonne by Hendrik Kolenberg with an introduction by Lou Klepac. Sydney: The Beagle Press, 1986. Quarto, pictorial wrappers, pp. 112, scholarly text on Lloyd Rees’ life and work written by Hendrik Kolenberg, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Signed by the author on the half title. An excellent copy, with a …

  • The Cathedrals of France

    # 50871

    REES, Lloyd

    The Cathedrals of France

    Sydney : Artarmon Gallery, 1975. Octavo, exhibition catalogue single sheet, six panels, illustrated in colour, essay by Rees, catalogue of 25 works.

  • From another shore. Prose by Rudi Krausmann. Drawings by Brett Whiteley (signed presentation copy)

    # 50858

    KRAUSMANN, Rudi; WHITELEY, Brett

    From another shore. Prose by Rudi Krausmann. Drawings by Brett Whiteley (signed presentation copy)

    Sydney : Wild & Woolley, 1975. Octavo, illustrated wrappers with cover illustration by Brett Whiteley, pp. 78, illustrated throughout with drawings by Brett Whiteley. Signed presentation copy to Australian art academic and author Jenny Zimmer from the author.

  • Brett Whiteley : art & life

    # 50845

    [WHITELEY]. PEARCE, Barry, ROBERTSON, Bryan and WHITELEY, Wendy.

    Brett Whiteley : art & life

    Sydney : The Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1995. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 240, contains 180 colour and 40 monochrome plates, foreword by Edmund Capon, text by Bryan Robertson, Barry Pearce and an interview between Barry Pearce and Wendy Whiteley. Light wave to text block, a very good reference copy.

  • Beauty in truth : the Botanical Art of Margaret Stones

    # 50842

    ZDANOWICZ, Irena

    Beauty in truth : the Botanical Art of Margaret Stones

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1996. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 96, illustrated.  

  • Arthur Streeton 1867 - 1943 (hardcover edition, signed by Geoffrey Smith & Oliver Streeton)

    # 50835

    SMITH, Geoffrey

    Arthur Streeton 1867 – 1943 (hardcover edition, signed by Geoffrey Smith & Oliver Streeton)

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1995. Quarto, gilt-lettered boards, illustrated dustjacket (edges a little rubbed), pp. 200 with extensive curatorial research and colour reproductions, offset markings to title page and adjacent leaf, signed on the half title by author and curator Geoffrey Smith and the artists grandson Oliver Streeton. A very good example of …

  • David Rankin : the New York years (deluxe edition, with original signed etching)

    # 50831

    ASHTON, Dore

    David Rankin : the New York years (deluxe edition, with original signed etching)

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2013. Quarto, linen bound boards in matching slipcase, ribbon drawer, pp. 288, illustrated. The deluxe edition printed in an edition of 40 copies, specially bound, accompanied by an original signed etching presented loose, the etching numbered AP 2/10. Fine copy. This book provides illuminating insights into the development of the numerous themes …

  • Not quite straight (Signed copy)

    # 50794

    SMART, Jeffrey (1921 - 2013)

    Not quite straight (Signed copy)

    Melbourne : William Heinemann Australia, 1996. Large octavo, boards with dust jacket, 464 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Memoirs from one of Australia’s foremost artists working in precisionist depictions of urban landscapes. Signed by artist on title page.

  • Ben Quilty.

    # 50793

    QUILTY, Ben

    Ben Quilty.

    [Docklands, VIC] : Penguin Random House, 2019. Quarto (300 x 260 mm), publisher’s boards in illustrated dust jacket, 343 pp, colour illustrated; with a foreword by Richard Flanagan; a new copy. A celebration of the last two decades of work from Australian artist Ben Quilty, to coincide with a major retrospective of his work.

  • Jeffrey Smart

    # 50792

    SMART, Jeffrey (1921 - 2013)

    Jeffrey Smart

    Brisbane : Philip Bacon Galleries, 2005. Quarto, lettered wrappers in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 24, colour illustrations throughout. Catalogue of works featured in the “Jeffrey Smart” exhibition held at Philip Bacon Galleries. Short essay by Christopher Allen.

  • Tim Storrier. Moments in response to memories and ideas of mortality

    # 50789

    STORRIER, Tim; CAPON, Edmund

    Tim Storrier. Moments in response to memories and ideas of mortality

    Foreword by Edmund Capon. Interviews William Wright. Research Jennry Zimmer and Ken McGregor. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2009. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 332, extensively illustrated. As new, still sealed in publisher’s shrinkwrap. Storrier, among Australia’s most highly regarded and best-selling painters, remains enigmatic. His paintings, which combine the traditional genres of landscape and still-life and …

  • Barbara Tribe : sculptor

    # 50770

    McDONALD, Patricia R.

    Barbara Tribe : sculptor

    Patricia R. McDonald ; with an introduction by Deborah Edwards and a personal memoir by Anthony Stones. Sydney : Craftsman House in association with G+B Arts International, 2000. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 160, light marks to endpapers, illustrated. Apart from life modelling, Barbara Tribe later learned wood and stone carving. Since the 1960s, she …

  • Ern Malley : The Darkening Ecliptic

    # 50750

    SHEAD, Garry (1942- )

    Ern Malley : The Darkening Ecliptic

    Darwin : Basil Hall Editions, 2003. Nine etchings, each 150 x 220 mm, hand-printed by Natasha Rowell. Edition of 50; housed in a purpose-built ceramic box (290 x 215 x 60 mm); the etchings join up in the fashion of a puzzle to complete Shead’s image, Petit Testament; each of the nine etchings is signed verso, …

  • Brett Whiteley (deluxe signed edition)

    # 50460

    [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 edition, limited to 200 copies signed by the artist Brett Whiteley, presented in a special deluxe binding (this is copy 45), pale foxing to preliminaries, a very good copy of a rare edition. …

  • [JEFFREY SMART] Evening. Lino Cut by Jeff Smart.

    # 50668

    SMART, Jeffrey (1921-2013)

    [JEFFREY SMART] Evening. Lino Cut by Jeff Smart.

    Full-page offset printed illustration, page 19 in: The Torch : Published annually by the Adelaide Teachers’ College. Vol. XXI, December, 1941. Adelaide : Printed at The Hassell Press, 1941. Small quarto, original textured paper wrappers with yapp edges (some light marks and edge wear), upper wrapper with design in blue and black (silverfished, light stains, light warping …

  • [PROCTOR; REES; COBURN etc.] The Society of Artists. Exhibition of drawings and prints 1962.

    # 50689

    Society of Artists, Sydney.

    [PROCTOR; REES; COBURN etc.] The Society of Artists. Exhibition of drawings and prints 1962.

    [Sydney : The Society, 1962]. Quarto, pictorial wrappers (slightly sunned), staple bound, [12] pp, illustrated, including advertisements. Catalogue listing 86 works with prices, including artists Thea Proctor (5), Rees, Coburn, Appleton, Wakelin and Cassab.