Australian Artists Q-Z

  • Catalogue of an exhibition of the early work of Arthur Streeton, Tom Roberts and others

    # 35059

    [ARTHUR STREETON]

    Catalogue of an exhibition of the early work of Arthur Streeton, Tom Roberts and others

    Brickfield Hill, Sydney : Anthony Hordern & Sons Ltd, 1925. Large octavo, printed wrappers (lightly foxed, an old vertical fold), 8pp (mild foxing), 4 illustrations (2 colour plates). Lists 15 works by Streeton, 5 by Roberts, plus works by Roth, Davies, Phillips Fox, Llewelyn Jones, McWhannell, Fitzgerald, Nerli and McKennal. This catalogue was specifically designed …

  • Exhibition of drawings by J. Waterhouse

    # 35056

    [LINDSAY, Lionel]

    Exhibition of drawings by J. Waterhouse

    June 8th to June 18th. Sydney : The Macquarie Galleries, circa 1930. Octavo, lettered wrappers, pp. 8, staples rusted, light foxing, foreword by Lionel Lindsay, two reproductions, catalogue of 52 works with prices.

  • Timber

    # 13686

    WALLACE-CRABBE, Chris; LETI, Bruno; KING, Inge; KING, Grahame

    Timber

    New York and Melbourne : Raphael Fodde Editions, 1998. Folio, 515mm tall, spraypainted hessian over boards, pp. 34, five folded sections of eight leaves, with two linocuts by Inge King, two lithographs by Grahame King, and two etchings by Bruno Leti, each signed and numbered, a fine example. A magnificent large format artist’s book with …

  • Jeffrey Smart : paintings and studies 2002 - 2003 (signed copy)

    # 33956

    [SMART, Jeffrey] GRISHIN, Sasha.

    Jeffrey Smart : paintings and studies 2002 – 2003 (signed copy)

    Melbourne : Australian Galleries, 2003. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 52, illustrated in colour. Signed and inscribed by Smart on the title page, a fine copy.

  • [BLAMIRE YOUNG] Magic casements.

    # 34852

    WALLACE, Helen E.; YOUNG, Blamire (1862-1935) (illustrator)

    [BLAMIRE YOUNG] Magic casements.

    With three plates from watercolours by Blamire Young. Melbourne: Brown, Prior & Co., 1926. Deluxe edition of one thousand copies (this is no. 399; only the first 150 copies were signed by author and artist). Quarto, gilt-titled ivory buckram (lightly marked), dustjacket (spine slightly toned), 104 pp, the plates tipped-in; a very good copy. Muir …

  • Brett Whiteley - Graphics 1961-1982.

    # 34583

    WHITELEY, Brett (1939-1992)

    Brett Whiteley – Graphics 1961-1982.

    Perth : Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1983. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (some small indentations to upper wrapper), 64 pp, illustrated in b/w and colour.  

  • Margaret Woodward

    # 34229

    FRY, Gavin; KLEPAC, Lou

    Margaret Woodward

    Sydney : The Beagle Press, 2020. Revised edition. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, 310 x 250 mm., pp. 168, 102 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and photographs. The softcover edition. Margaret Woodward is recognised as a distinctly original artist. Winner of the Wynne Prize, and many other awards. This book explains how her highly …

  • Jeffrey Smart retrospective (signed presentation copy for James Fairfax)

    # 34247

    SMART, Jeffrey (1921 - 2013)

    Jeffrey Smart retrospective (signed presentation copy for James Fairfax)

    By Edmund Capon with contributions by Barry Pearce and Peter Quartermaine. Sydney : The Beagle Press for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1999. First edition. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, 212 pp, profusely illustrated. Related press cutting annotated by Fairfax loosely enclosed. Signed and inscribed by Jeffrey Smart for arts patron, collector and philanthropist James …

  • Point to Point. The art of Tim Storrier (presentation copy for Robert and Julienne Jacks)

    # 29270

    [STORRIER]. VAN NUNEN, Linda.

    Point to Point. The art of Tim Storrier (presentation copy for Robert and Julienne Jacks)

    Sydney: Craftsman House, 1987. Quarto, boards in dust jacket (the laminate lightly lifting), 174pp. profusely illustrated, faint foxing to extremities. Presentation inscription on the title page ‘For dear Bob & Julienne – after a lunch on 8 – 3 – 00 – Storrier’. A fine presentation copy from one significant Australian painter to his friend, …

  • Dual/Duel (yellow binding)

    # 33634

    ANDREW, Brook and WALTER, Trent

    Dual/Duel (yellow binding)

    Brook Andrew & Trent Walter / and an interview with, and protocol guidance by, Maxine Briggs. Melbourne : Garru Editions, Brook Andrew Studio and Negative Press, 2021 (printed in 2020). Quarto, gilt-blocked yellow cloth, 366 x 278 mm, edges dyed black, red and yellow endpapers, unpaginated; photobook of images selected from the collection of the …

  • Dual/Duel (red binding)

    # 33635

    ANDREW, Brook and WALTER, Trent

    Dual/Duel (red binding)

    Brook Andrew & Trent Walter / and an interview with, and protocol guidance by, Maxine Briggs. Melbourne : Garru Editions, Brook Andrew Studio and Negative Press, 2021 (printed in 2020). Quarto, gilt-blocked red cloth, 366 x 278 mm, edges dyed black, red and yellow endpapers, unpaginated; photobook of images selected from the collection of the …

  • Ken Unsworth

    # 26150

    BOND, Anthony

    Ken Unsworth

    Sydney : Artand Foundation, 2018. Quarto, cloth bound boards, pp. 252, extensively illustrated, fold out plates. Sculptor, installation and performance artist,Unsworth was born in 1931 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. Despite growing up as a self-described typical Melbourne kid who loved football, trams and a beer, Unsworth has become one of Australia’s most significant …

  • David Rankin. The drowned and the saved

    # 33919

    RANKIN, David

    David Rankin. The drowned and the saved

    Melbourne : Realities Gallery, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, illustrated wrappers, pp. [8], catalogue of works, illustrations, biography.

  • David Rankin. Survey exhibition 1965 - 1979

    # 33915

    RANKIN, David

    David Rankin. Survey exhibition 1965 – 1979

    Melbourne : Charles Nodrum Gallery, 1987. Exhibition catalogue, illustrated wrappers, pp. [8], catalogue of works, illustrations, biography.

  • Lloyd Rees retrospective

    # 33615

    [REES, Lloyd]

    Lloyd Rees retrospective

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1969. Quarto, pictorial wrappers, 38 pp; introduction by Renee Free, illustrated in colour and black and white, a fine copy.

  • Tom Roberts & the art of portraiture

    # 32599

    COTTER, Julie

    Tom Roberts & the art of portraiture

    Melbourne : Thames &​ Hudson Australia, 2015. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 448, extensively illustrated. New copy. ‘Tom Roberts is a household name across the entire Australian arts-interested population and beyond. His portraits have never been the subject of a book. Those portrayed are figures in the nations history and lead-up to Federation in 1901, and …