Australian Artists Q-Z

  • Constance Stokes retrospective exhibition

    # 45301

    STOKES, Constance

    Constance Stokes retrospective exhibition

    Swan Hill : Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, 1985. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, lightly marked, pp. [50], illustrated in colour and black and white.

  • Danila Vassilieff : gouaches, water colours, stone carvings

    # 45297

    [VASSILIEFF, Danila]

    Danila Vassilieff : gouaches, water colours, stone carvings

    Melbourne : Joseph Brown Gallery, 1974. Quarto, illustrated white wrappers, [pp. 8], lightly foxed, 6 grayscale images. Catalogue of 94 works.

  • Thoughts in the life of an axolotl : a survey of the art of Robin Wallace-Crabbe

    # 45294

    WALLACE-CRABBE, Robin (1938 - )

    Thoughts in the life of an axolotl : a survey of the art of Robin Wallace-Crabbe

    Goulburn, N.S.W. : Tour Print International for Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, [1990]. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 62, illustrated. With a transcript of the Opening Address by Professor Manning Clark. Catalogue loosely enclosed.

  • Jeffrey Smart (deluxe edition with original signed etching)

    # 45252

    QUARTERMAINE, Peter

    Jeffrey Smart (deluxe edition with original signed etching)

    By Peter Quartermaine; foreword by Germaine Greer. On the half title: A man is illogical on horseback; but in a satellite, surreal. South Yarra : Gryphon Books, 1983. Quarto, gilt-titled quarter morocco over grey linen, black buckram slipcase, pp 131; the deluxe edition, limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the artist on colophon at rear, …

  • Jeffrey Smart (deluxe edition with original lithograph)

    # 45122

    PEARCE, Barry.

    Jeffrey Smart (deluxe edition with original lithograph)

    Sydney : The Beagle Press, 2005. Quarto, gilt-lettered red cloth in slipcase, 256 pp, extensively illustrated. The de-luxe edition, limited to 35 copies only, signed limitation statement by Jeffrey Smart, with an original signed lithograph. The lithograph, titled ‘Come in, Spinner’, is limited to 35 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. The lithograph measures …

  • The Etched Work of John Shirlow (deluxe edition)

    # 45176

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

    The Etched Work of John Shirlow (deluxe edition)

    Selected reproductions in half-tone of John Shirlow’s handicraft. Biography by R. H. Croll. Melbourne: Alexander McCubbin, n.d. [1920]. Quarto, quarter-calf over cloth, bookplate to front pastedown, 20 tipped-in plates reproducing Shirlow’s works. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies, with an original etching by Shirlow tipped-in.

  • Four etchings by John Shirlow (presentation copy)

    # 45127

    SHIRLOW, John (1869 - 1936)

    Four etchings by John Shirlow (presentation copy)

    Melbourne : Decoration Galleries, 1921. Quarto, quarter-vellum over papered boards with printed title label (foxed and marked), 12 pp, ‘An appreciation’ written by Hugh Grant Adam, four original signed etchings by John Shirlow tipped-in. The etchings are The Gothic Spire, The Distant City, Princes Bridge, and The Laneway. Limited to 57 copies of which 50 …

  • Catalogue of the etchings of Sydney Ure Smith

    # 44908

    [URE SMITH, Sydney]

    Catalogue of the etchings of Sydney Ure Smith

    With an original etching and twelve reproductions of etchings by the artist and an introduction by Bertram Stevens. Sydney : [privately printed], 1920. Quarto, papered boards with title label, 40 pp, twelve tipped-in plates plus one original etching bound in as frontispiece, titled The Little porch, Campbelltown, signed and editioned by the artist (lightly foxed), …

  • Fred Williams. Drawing the exotic : an exhibition from the Estate of Fred Williams.

    # 45246

    GOTT, Ted

    Fred Williams. Drawing the exotic : an exhibition from the Estate of Fred Williams.

    Melbourne: Heide Gallery, 1999. Quarto, softcover, 32 pp, illustrated; a fine copy. 1000 copies printed.

  • Ken Whisson : a survey

    # 45231

    WHISSON, Ken

    Ken Whisson : a survey

    [Victoria?] : [312 Lennox Street Gallery], [1990]. Quarto, illustrated cream wrappers, pp. 20, illustrations throughout. Catalogue of 36 works by the artist with short biography and essay by John McDonald. Edition of 1000 copies. Curated by Clinton Tweedie.

  • Vassilieff : a retrospective exhibition of paintings, sculptures and watercolours by Felicity St John Moore

    # 45185

    ST JOHN MOORE, Felicity

    Vassilieff : a retrospective exhibition of paintings, sculptures and watercolours by Felicity St John Moore

    Melbourne : Heide Park and Art Gallery, 1985. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 52, illustrations throughout, some colour. Exhibition catalogue of 78 works with short biography.

  • Fred Williams : Pilbara series

    # 45273

    MOLLISON, James et al.

    Fred Williams : Pilbara series

    Melbourne : Ian Potter Museum of Art, 2000. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 44. Colour illustrations throughout.

  • Hossein Valamanesh : a survey

    # 45145

    THOMAS, Sarah

    Hossein Valamanesh : a survey

    Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 2001. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 88, illustrated.

  • Photographic portrait of the artist John Shirlow.

    # 45130

    [SHIRLOW, John 1869-1936]; SMITH, Julian 1873-1948

    Photographic portrait of the artist John Shirlow.

    [Circa 1931]. Gelatin silver print on textured paper, 390 x 310 mm, laid down on a contemporary mount of thick board, the print in fine condition (a tiny paper adhesion to lower edge). A superb portrait of the Melbourne artist John Shirlow – more noted for his etching than his painting – holding a brush and …

  • Robert Boynes, paintings / Donald Stewart, sculpture. Realities, 60 Ross Street, Toorak, 13-30 November [1974].

    # 45070

    BOYNES, Robert; STEWART, Donald (Don)

    Robert Boynes, paintings / Donald Stewart, sculpture. Realities, 60 Ross Street, Toorak, 13-30 November [1974].

    [Toorak : Realities Gallery, 1974]. Postcard, 120 x 170 mm, recto illustrated in b/w, verso with curriculum vitae of Boynes (b. 1942) and the younger Stewart (b. 1950); this was sculptor Don Stewart’s first major exhibition, at which he showed his work The Sunbathers; the card is in good condition. Note: this exhibition seems to …

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

    # 45062

    Sydney Ure Smith

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

    Edited by Sydney Ure Smith & Leon Gellert. Sydney : Art in Australia, 1923. Octavo, pictorial card wrappers (minor loss and splitting on spine), unpaginated, illustrated with tipped-in colour plates, plus b/w plates, a very good copy. Includes Norman Lindsay’s reply to Orpen; ‘The Virgin Queen’ by C Maclaurin; and Fables by Clive Turnbull and …