Australian Artists Q-Z

  • Famine. An artist book by Theo Strasser & using the writings of Graham Henderson.

    # 25545

    STRASSER, Theo

    Famine. An artist book by Theo Strasser & using the writings of Graham Henderson.

    Melbourne : Anajah Press, [2017]. Octavo, handpainted handcut card wrappers, pp. [52], illustrated. An artist’s book of photomontaged text and poetry by Melbourne creator Theo Strasser, limited to 50 numbered and signed copies. ‘Famine is a little zine with poetry by Graham Henderson and art work by Theo Strasser. The writing has been taken from …

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Twelve.

    # 25383

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Twelve.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1925. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a very good copy. Includes essay  by Lionel Lindsay on Heysen’s Flower Pieces; essay by Julian Ashton on M. Napier Waller; and an essay by George Bell on …

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Sixteen.

    # 25382

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Sixteen.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1926. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, edges flecked and mild foxing to outer leaves, but a very good copy. Includes essay by James McDonald on the later works of  Arthur Streeton; essay by Basil …

  • Darkness & light. The art of William Robinson

    # 24895

    SEEAR, Lynne

    Darkness & light. The art of William Robinson

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 2001. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 160, illustrated; an as new copy.

  • The “Sydney Set”

    # 10934

    SHIRLOW, John (1869 - 1936)

    The “Sydney Set”

    Melbourne : Edward A. Vidler, 1918. Folio, gilt-lettered papered boards (a little marked), 8 folded sheets with six original etchings, each signed in pencil, tipped in, with three of the six captioned tissue guards, light foxing and offsetting, title page a little marked. The list of plates are: Sydney Cove, From Musgrave Street Wharf, 1917 …

  • Thornton Walker (deluxe edition)

    # 22111

    WALKER, Thornton; GRISHIN, Sasha

    Thornton Walker (deluxe edition)

    Melbourne : Melbourne Books, 2015. Quarto, cloth in illustrated slipcase, pp. 160, illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 50 copies signed by the artist, with an original signed etching ‘Orchard, Kyneton’ loosely enclosed. Scarce. Thornton Walker is a mid-career Melbourne-based artist whose work is represented in collections in the British Museum and Aichi Prefectural Museum …

  • Jeffrey Smart : 15 April to 10 May 2008

    # 22110

    SMART, Jeffrey

    Jeffrey Smart : 15 April to 10 May 2008

    Brisbane : Philip Bacon Galleries, 2008. Quarto, illustrated dust jacket, white wrappers, pp. 32, illustrations throughout. Catalogue of 26 works in the exhibition, with essay by Christopher Allen.

  • Lloyd Rees, the printed works

    # 20234

    [REES, Lloyd]

    Lloyd Rees, the printed works

    [Perth], Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1982. Quarto, wrappers, pp. 28, illustrated, some colour.

  • Invitation for Tim Storrier exhibition 1973

    # 22936

    STORRIER, Tim (1949 - )

    Invitation for Tim Storrier exhibition 1973

    Melbourne : Australian Galleries, 1973. Folding card, portrait photograph, biography. Invitation card for one of Storrier’s first solo exhibitions.

  • William Robinson : the French lithographs

    # 19749

    [ROBINSON, William]

    William Robinson : the French lithographs

    Brisbane : Philip Bacon Galleries, 2007. Octavo, wrappers with pictorial dust jacket, pp 23; a fine copy.

  • Catalogue of the final exhibition of Arthur Streeton’s pictures, Sydney, 1920

    # 19226

    [ARTHUR STREETON]

    Catalogue of the final exhibition of Arthur Streeton’s pictures, Sydney, 1920

    Catalogue of the final exhibition of Arthur Streeton’s pictures in the Gallery of the Education Department, Sydney, 10 May 1920. Sydney : Education Dept., 1920. Octavo, printed wrappers, [6] pp. light foxing, central crease, prices in guineas annotated in pen. A very good copy. Lists 41 oil paintings with dimensions (including ‘Golden Summer’) and 42 watercolours.

  • Blamire Young’s watercolours. The catalogue (signed)

    # 18202

    [YOUNG, Blamire]. LINDSAY, Lionel

    Blamire Young’s watercolours. The catalogue (signed)

    Exhibition to be held at Gayfield Shaw’s Gallery, Penzance Chambers 29 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, Tuesday May 4th and following days, 1920. Sydney : Gayfield Shaw’s Gallery, 1920. Octavo, self wrappes, pp. 8, colour design on cover, essay on Blamire Young by Lionel Lindsay, signed by Lionel Lindsay in ink, two colour plates tipped in, catalogue …

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Fifty-Eight.

    # 17625

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Fifty-Eight.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1935. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, 90pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a fine copy. Features essay by Harold Herbert on Sneator R Elliot’s Collection and essay on Art in Perth by Will Murdoch, among others. Also includes colour and …

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Fifty-Three. Melbourne Number

    # 17621

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Fifty-Three. Melbourne Number

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1933. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, 60pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates; edges, spine, and verso wrapper slightly sunned. Features essay by Blamire Young on James Flett; essay on Louis McCubbin by Harold Herbert, among others. Also includes colour and …

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Forty-Eight.

    # 17620

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Forty-Eight.

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1933. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, 66pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a fine copy (spine sunned). Features essay by Basil Burdett on Charles Conder in Australia; an article on Derwent Lees by Allene Zander, among others as well as …

  • The unused portion (signed copy)

    # 15415

    HARD, Lynn and SHEAD, Garry

    The unused portion (signed copy)

    Sydney : ETT Imprint, 2013. Quarto, lettered wrappers, pp. 76, poems by Hard illustrated with drawings by Shead. Printed in an edition of 100 copies. Signed by Shead.