Australian Artists Q-Z

  • Nomadism. Twelve years in Australia - paintings and drawings.

    # 30373

    WOLSELEY, John

    Nomadism. Twelve years in Australia – paintings and drawings.

    Melbourne : University Gallery, University of Melbourne, 1988. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 44, illustrated. Loosely enclosed, a large quantity of related ephemera, including news cuttings, interviews, articles and catalogues.

  • Ritual intimacy

    # 29906

    THOMPSON, Christian (1978 - )

    Ritual intimacy

    Caulfield East, Vic. : Monash University Museum of Art, 2017. Reprinted 2019. Small quarto (230 x 170 mm), pictorial card covers, 128 pp, 92 pages of colour plates of indigenous multidisciplinary artist Christian Thompson’s work; catalogue essays by Charlotte Day, Brian Catling and Marina Warner; Christian Thompson and Hetti Perkins in conversation; an as new …

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

    # 29599

    Sydney Ure Smith

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

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1931. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, 70pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, staples a little rusted, else a fine copy. Includes essay on George Lambert by Lionel Lindsay; essay by P.G. Konody on the Art of C.R.W Nevinson. Illustrations by …

  • Art in Australia : Sixth number

    # 29541

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia : Sixth number

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram Stevens &​ C. Lloyd Jones. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1919. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, unpaginated (mild foxing throughout), illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, an excellent copy. Essay by Lionel Lindsay on Hans Heysen’s Watercolours; essay by Bertram Stevens on M. Napier Waller; essay by Sydney …

  • Art in Australia : Fifth number.

    # 29412

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia : Fifth number.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith, Berteam Stevens &​ C. Lloyd Jones. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1918. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers (light stains on upper wrapper), unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, scatterred foxing, a good copy. Essay by Norman Lindsay on Gruner; essay by Norman Carter on Bunny; illustrations by Gruner, …

  • The Etched Work of John Shirlow. Selected reproductions in half-tone of John Shirlow’s handicraft.

    # 29057

    [SHIRLOW, John]. CROLL, R. H.

    The Etched Work of John Shirlow. Selected reproductions in half-tone of John Shirlow’s handicraft.

    Biography by R. H. Croll. Melbourne: Alexander McCubbin, n.d. [1920]. Quarto, original boards with paper wrapper (edges chipped, a repaired tear), 20 tipped-in plates reproducing Shirlow’s works. Standard edition, limited to 500 copies.

  • Livre d’artiste by Yvon Taillandier

    # 28785

    TAILLANDIER, Yvon (1926-2018)

    Livre d’artiste by Yvon Taillandier

    [France : probably between 1970 and 1980]. A unique object created by Yvon Taillandier by overpainting the pages of a nineteenth century copy of the published score to the opera Lara by Louis-Aimé Maillart (1817-71), the volume measuring 275 x 200 mm, with 295 pages. Taillandier has painted 7 full-page and 34 double-page paintings within …

  • In the studio. Original lithographs by Jan Senbergs

    # 27716

    SENBERGS, Jan (1939 - )

    In the studio. Original lithographs by Jan Senbergs

    Melbourne : Zimmer Editions and Townsville : Lyre Bird Press, 1998. Folio, full blind-embossed cloth binding by Norbert Herold with pictorial inlay, dustjacket lacking, unpaginated, essay by Jenny Zimmer, two folding lithographs of Senbergs’ studio, printed by John Robinson. Numbered 27 of 30 copies signed and numbered by the artist.

  • Exhibition and auction sale of pictures by Arthur Streeton

    # 27712

    [ARTHUR STREETON]

    Exhibition and auction sale of pictures by Arthur Streeton

    Auction prospectus for a sale held by J.R. Lawson, Auctioneer, 196 Castlereagh Street. Sydney : Farmer &​ Company, [1923]. Octavo, single folded sheet (4 pp), (faint vertical crease). The prospectus includes discussion of the sale history of ‘Golden Summer’, the price escalation of Streeton’s works, and comment on the works by Norman Lindsay and Charles …

  • Accent & Hazard

    # 27527

    STRACHAN, David (artist); KERSHAW, Alister (text)

    Accent & Hazard

    Paris : printed by Jacques Murray at the Stramur-presse, 1951. Small folio, colour printed paper portfolio (short split to one corner)in original card slipcase (slightly scuffed), housing ten sections containing Kershaw’s poems, etched from the manuscript by Murray, illustrated by eight large full page, double page or folding etchings and aquatints by David Strachan complemented …

  • Starting again : a time in the life of William Yang (signed presentation copy for Bill Henson, with manuscript letter)

    # 26747

    YANG, William

    Starting again : a time in the life of William Yang (signed presentation copy for Bill Henson, with manuscript letter)

    Melbourne : Heinemann, 1989. Oblong quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers (spine sunned), pp. 122, toning to preliminaries, illustrated. Presentation inscription ‘To Bill Henson. I will always remember the wonderful lunch in the cafe in Dimbulah when we visited in 1992 when my mother was alive. With sincere good wishes William Yang’. Accompanied by a one page …

  • William Robinson. 28 June to 23 July 2011. Exhibition of new paintings including Girraween, Carnarvon, interiors and still lifes

    # 26846

    ROBINSON, William

    William Robinson. 28 June to 23 July 2011. Exhibition of new paintings including Girraween, Carnarvon, interiors and still lifes

    Brisbane : Philip Bacon Galleries, 2011. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 28, illustrated, essay by Cynthia Tupicoff, catalogue. Loosely enclosed, invitation card and price list.  

  • William Robinson. Paintings 2009.

    # 26844

    ROBINSON, William

    William Robinson. Paintings 2009.

    Brisbane : Philip Bacon Galleries, 2009. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 32, illustrated, essay by Richard Cottrell, catalogue. Loosely enclosed, invitation card.  

  • Obra pictorica de Albert Tucker

    # 26286

    TUCKER, Albert

    Obra pictorica de Albert Tucker

    Mexico City: Embajada de Australia, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1969. Folio, blue printed wrappers, tri-fold brochure, large illustration of Explorer with Parrot, biography and catalogue of 42 works. Scarce exhibition catalogue from the Australian Embassy in Mexico, text in Spanish.

  • Today

    # 25532

    STRASSER, Theo

    Today

    Melbourne : Anajah Press, 2016. Quarto, lettered silver felt cover, pp. [72], illustrated. An artist’s book by Melbourne creator Theo Strasser, limited to 30 numbered and signed copies. “‘Today’ is an artist book with an ambiguous silver cover, that denies its appearance as a metallic object, as it is skin smooth, with a soft under …

  • Scavi

    # 25547

    STRASSER, Theo

    Scavi

    Melbourne : Anajah Press, 2015. Octavo, handpainted card wrappers, pp. [48], illustrated. An artist’s book of photomontaged text and poetry by Melbourne creator Theo Strasser, limited to 50 numbered and signed copies. ‘An artist’s book by Theo Strasser, compiled from altered and montaged photographs which have been digitally reproduced, and acrylic and gouache paintings on …