Australian Artists Q-Z

  • Alison Rehfisch. A life for art.

    # 14864

    POWER, Rachel.

    Alison Rehfisch. A life for art.

    Sydney: The Beagle Press, 2002. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (minor residue on front and rear wrapper), 143pp. illustrated with the artist’s still lifes and landscapes.

  • Tom Roberts exhibition National Art Gallery of NSW November 1947 to January 1948. Souvenir catalogue

    # 14619

    [ROBERTS, Tom]

    Tom Roberts exhibition National Art Gallery of NSW November 1947 to January 1948. Souvenir catalogue

    Sydney : National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1947. Quarto, decorative green white striped wrappers (stained, splits along spine), pp 28, essay on Roberts by Lionel Lindsay, chronological table of Robert's life events 1856-1903, catalogue of the exhibition of 82 works, three black and white plates reproducing Roberts' paintings and a photographic portrait of …

  • Light planes

    # 10634

    REES, Bronwyn

    Light planes

    [Melbourne: the artist, 2014]. Artist’s book. Edition 1/1, signed, titled and dated December 2013 in pencil. Handmade book, 200 x 250 mm (irregular sheet sizes), [7] sheets, cloth bound, forming [12] pp plus the outer covers, with [13] of Rees’ etchings accompanying her own letraset printed text. Bronwyn Rees completed an illustration degree at Queensland …

  • [SOUND RECORDING] Darren Sylvester

    # 10269

    SYLVESTER, Darren

    [SOUND RECORDING] Darren Sylvester

    Sound recording by Melbourne contemporary photographer Darren Sylvester, a limited edition vinyl LP of 500 copies on red vinyl (playing time 39 minutes), released as part of his work for the 2008 Optimism exhibition at GoMA (Brisbane), with songs written and recorded by the artist and performed by Sylvester and Melbourne performers Jessica Says and …

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

    # 10109

    Sydney Ure Smith

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

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1934. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, 82 pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a very good copy. Features essay by Sydney Ure Smith on the recent aquisitions of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales. Also includes colour and …

  • The 9 by 5 impression exhibition (facsimile catalogue)

    # 9465

    The 9 by 5 impression exhibition (facsimile catalogue)

    The 9 by 5 impression exhibition : opened August 17, 1889 at Buxton’s Rooms.  Decorations lent and arranged by Messrs Cullis Hill. [Castlemaine : Peter and John Perry, c. 1984]. Duodecimo, pp. 16, self-wrappers after Charles Conder, as new copy.  A facsimile of the original 1889 exhibition catalogue, taked from the C. D. Richardson example.

  • Our home

    # 7966

    TWIGG, Anne

    Our home

    [Melbourne] : Anne Twigg [Stanmore, New South Wales] Ant Press, 2013. Limited edition of 20 copies signed by the artist. Oblong octavo (160 x 230 mm), bound in grey bookcloth with highly abstracted title in a light grey across spine and front and back boards; paste paper dustjacket; 106 unnumbered pages, poem by Mohsen Soltany Zand, …

  • Sculpture by Leonard and Kathleen Shillam

    # 8030

    [SHILLAM, Leonard; SHILLAM, Kathleen]

    Sculpture by Leonard and Kathleen Shillam

    Brisbane : Johnstone Gallery, 1972. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, [4pp]. Illustrated in black and white.

  • Albert Tucker 1966

    # 6609

    [TUCKER, Albert]

    Albert Tucker 1966

    Australian Galleries, affiliated with Bonython Art Gallery Adelaide. Melbourne : Australian Galleries, 1966. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 4, catalogue of 38 works, black & white plate reproduced in middle of catalogue, some minor annotations in pencil, otherwise very good. 

  • Tom Roberts exhibition

    # 6279

    [ROBERTS, Tom]

    Tom Roberts exhibition

    National Art Gallery of NSW November 1947 to January 1948, souvenir catalogue. Sydney : National Art Gallery of NSW, 1947. Quarto, decorative green & white stripped wrappers, pp. 28, essay on Roberts by Lionel Lindsay, chronological table of Robert’s life events 1856-1903, catalogue to the exhibition of 82 works, three black & white plates of …

  • Windsor N.S.W.

    # 6037

    TIDSWELL, Quentin

    Windsor N.S.W.

    A brief sketch with Lino-Cut decorations of a few of the oldest buildings in the historic township. Written and illustrated by Quentin Tidswell. Sydney : Quentin Tidswell at Days Old Place, Macquarie Street, Windsor, 1932. Edition limited to 250 copies. Royal octavo, pictorial card covers (edgewear, mild foxing and staining), [8]  leaves with text and …

  • Pink Book

    # 5102

    REES, Bronwyn

    Pink Book

    [Melbourne: the artist, 2008] Artist’s book. Unique example, signed, titled and dated 2008 in pencil. Measures 150 x 200 mm. Paper boards and cotton rag paper pages hand-bound with cotton, containing the artist’s text about the importance of friendship in her life. Like many of Rees’ artist’s books, ‘Pink Book’ is autobiographical. Bronwyn Rees completed …

  • Motherland III

    # 5095

    REES, Bronwyn

    Motherland III

    [Melbourne: the artist, 2008] Artist's book. Unique example, signed, titled and dated 2008 in pencil. Handmade folding concertina etching, part of a varied edition of four. The work mimics the way in which a map would fold out, the etching a topographical style image of Wilson's Prominatory. The work measures 290 x 190 mm, when …

  • City Book - Hector, Life is Beautiful

    # 5094

    REES, Bronwyn

    City Book – Hector, Life is Beautiful

    [Melbourne: the artist, 2008] Artist’s book. Unique example, signed, titled and dated 2008 in pencil, pp.32. Handmade papercovered boards, with cotton rag paper pages bound together by white string. Each of the pages is printed double-sided with an etching and coloured ink. The book measures 145 x 190 mm. Each of the pages is uniquely …

  • Art Gallery Book I

    # 5092

    REES, Bronwyn

    Art Gallery Book I

    [Melbourne: the artist, 2008] Artist’s book. Unique example, signed, titled and dated 2008 in pencil, signed again in pen 2012. Handmade paper-covered boards, 150 x 285 mm, [36] cotton rag paper leaves bound together by black string; each leaf is printed double-sided with an etching and coloured ink. Each of the pages is uniquely crafted, …

  • Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Sixty-Five. Anniversary Number

    # 4419

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia. A Quarterly Magazine. Third Series, Number Sixty-Five. Anniversary Number

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1936. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers, 114pp, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a fine copy. Features articles on architecture, sculpture, and Australian typography, among others. Also includes colour and black and white plates of works by Hardy Wilson, Will Ashton, …