Australian Artists Q-Z

  • Cuthbert and the dogs

    # 39861

    SPOWERS, Ethel (1890-1947).

    Cuthbert and the dogs

    Melbourne : Digest Juvenile Productions, n.d. [c. 1948]. Oblong quarto, illustrated papered boards (slightly edgeworn), illustrated in colour and black and white, some pale toning. A rare children’s book written and illustrated by the noted artist Ethel Spowers, who studied under Claude Flight at the Grosvenor School, and is known for her modernist design. Prize …

  • Elemental reckoning : the art of Tim Storrier 1981 - 2011 (deluxe edition with original etching)

    # 39885

    WILSON, Gavin

    Elemental reckoning : the art of Tim Storrier 1981 – 2011 (deluxe edition with original etching)

    Sydney : JAM Press, 2011. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket, pp. 94, illustrated. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at S. H. Ervin Gallery. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies signed and numbered by the artist on the title page, with an original signed etching ‘Saddle’ loosely enclosed.

  • Brett Whiteley - Graphics 1961-1982. (Signed copy)

    # 39869

    WHITELEY, Brett (1939-1992)

    Brett Whiteley – Graphics 1961-1982. (Signed copy)

    Perth : Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1983. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, 64 pp, illustrated in b/w and colour, signed in pen by Brett Whiteley on the Foreword page. A rare signed copy.

  • Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson Ngayuku Ngura - My Country (deluxe edition with original etching)

    # 39586

    McGREGOR, Ken and GEISSLER, Marie

    Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson Ngayuku Ngura – My Country (deluxe edition with original etching)

    Translation into French by Flore Gregorini. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2010. Quarto, white lettered black buckram in dustjacket, matching slipcase, illustrated endpapers, pp 248, extensively illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 50 numbered copies, with a large and magnificent original colour etching by Watson loosely enclosed, limited to 50 numbered copies signed with his monogram ‘X’. …

  • Ken Whisson : as if

    # 39850

    HARDING, Lesley et al.

    Ken Whisson : as if

    Melbourne : Heide Museum of Modern Art ; Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, [2012]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 175, illustrated. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 17 March-15 July 2012 ; Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 28 September-25 November 2012

  • Albert Tucker (signed and inscribed copy)

    # 39838

    MOLLISON, James and BONHAM, Nicholas

    Albert Tucker (signed and inscribed copy)

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 1982. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 144, illustrated. Signed and inscribed on the half-title ‘For Max – with best wishes Albert Tucker 1984’.

  • Inge King

    # 39631

    McGREGOR, Ken and TRIMBLE, Judith

    Inge King

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2008.  Series: Macmillan mini-art series number 10. Small square octavo, pictorial boards in dust jacket, 144 pp extensively illustrated. An as new copy.

  • Birds of the sunny south, with Australian flowers / produced entirely by Australians

    # 38609

    TEAGUE, Violet; REDE, Geraldine; GREGORY, Ina; ASHLEY, Alf (illustrators)

    Birds of the sunny south, with Australian flowers / produced entirely by Australians

    At the head of title: Greetings from Australia. Melbourne : Pater’s Printery, [c.1911]. Square duodecimo, original pictorial wrappers with yapp edges (edges worn, a couple of small chips), original string tie, printed title page, [11] eleven chromolithographic plates of Australian birds in natural settings; a good copy. Muir 704. A rare publication – both a …

  • Darkness & light. The art of William Robinson (signed copy)

    # 39386

    SEEAR, Lynne

    Darkness & light. The art of William Robinson (signed copy)

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 2001. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 160, illustrated; a fine copy, signed on the glassine endpaper by the artist to noted collectors Colin and Liz Laverty, with a signed letter from the Director of the Gallery Doug Hall.

  • John Wolseley Land Marks (deluxe edition)

    # 39082

    GRISHIN, Sasha

    John Wolseley Land Marks (deluxe edition)

    Sydney : Craftsman House, 1998. Quarto, cloth in gilt-lettered slipcase with insert illustration, pp. 176, illustrated. First edition, a fine copy of the deluxe edition, limited to only 70 copies signed and numbered by the artist, with an original signed etching Dipterocarp descending loosely enclosed. Another example is held in the National Gallery of Australia.

  • The watercolours of Blamire Young (deluxe edition)

    # 39069

    MARSHALL, Stephen

    The watercolours of Blamire Young (deluxe edition)

    Sydney : Meridian, 2013. Quarto, pictorial laminated boards in matching slipcase (slightly marked). pp. 648, fully illustrated. The definitive volume on the master of Australian watercolour painting. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies signed by the author, including a signed limitation sheet with a postage stamp featuring Blamire Young. Blamire Young (1862-1935) is represented …

  • Ken Whisson : landscape paintings

    # 39029

    WHISSON, Ken

    Ken Whisson : landscape paintings

    Sydney : Watters Gallery, 1999. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [12], illustrated. Two images reproduced upside down, which has been noted in pen.

  • Lloyd Rees at the Lister Gallery. Festival of Perth 1975

    # 39022

    REES, Lloyd

    Lloyd Rees at the Lister Gallery. Festival of Perth 1975

    Perth : Lister Gallery, 1975. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [8], illustrated. Price list enclosed,

  • Patagonia to Tasmania : origin movement species tracing the Southern continents

    # 39025

    WOLSELEY, John

    Patagonia to Tasmania : origin movement species tracing the Southern continents

    Launceston, Tas. : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery ; Melbourne : University of Melbourne, Museum of Art, 1996. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 24, illustrated. Price list from Rex Irwin Gallery enclosed.

  • Solving the mystery of watercolour (deluxe edition with watercolour)

    # 39132

    TAYLOR, David K. and RANSON, Ron

    Solving the mystery of watercolour (deluxe edition with watercolour)

    Verdi, Nevada [U.S.A.] : International Artist Publishing, 2002. Oblong folio, boards in dustjacket, pp. 128, extensively illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 250 copies signed and numbered by the artist, this is copy number 2 with an original signed watercolour loosely enclosed. David K. Taylor is a Melbourne based artist whose traditional watercolours have won …

  • The perfect Trojan horse (deluxe edition)

    # 39063

    WEEKES, Trevor

    The perfect Trojan horse (deluxe edition)

    [Sydney] : The Paternoster Press, 1984. Oblong folio, full calf, spine in compartments with contrasting gilt-lettered labels to spine, housed in a linen slipcase, unpaginated, illustrated throughout with 33 plates enhanced by original watercolour colouring by the artist, loose photolithograph. Limited to 50 copies signed and numbered by the artist, a standard edition of 200 …