Australian Artists Q-Z

  • A hero of the workshop and a Somersetshire worthy, Charles Summers, sculptor. The story of his struggles & triumph. 

    # 44364

    THOMAS, Margaret

    A hero of the workshop and a Somersetshire worthy, Charles Summers, sculptor. The story of his struggles & triumph. 

    London : Hamilton, Adams, [1879]. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth boards with gilt embossed lettering and black design to upper board, front pastedown with twentieth century bookdealer’s wet stamp, 48 pp, internally very clean and sound, a fine copy. Biography of the British sculptor Charles Summers (1825-1878), who lived and worked in Melbourne between …

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  • William Yang : Seeing and Being Seen (deluxe edition with signed archival print)

    # 44353

    YANG, William et al.

    William Yang : Seeing and Being Seen (deluxe edition with signed archival print)

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), 2021. Quarto, gilt-lettered pictorial boards, pp. 220, extensively illustrated. New copy. The rare deluxe edition, limited to only 50 copies signed by the artist. Mounted inside the upper board is a mylar sleeve housing a limited edition archival inkjet print Golden Summer 1987 / 2016 …

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  • [HARDY WILSON] Catalogue of drawings of early Greek and Chinese architecture

    # 44559

    WILSON, W. Hardy

    [HARDY WILSON] Catalogue of drawings of early Greek and Chinese architecture

    “On view in the print room of the National Gallery of Victoria” [cover title]. Canberra : L.F. Johnson, Government Printer, 1935. Small quarto, textured card wrappers, original silk ties, [4] pp, including [2] full page plates, a very fine copy. ‘This collection of fifty drawings of the finest examples of Classical Greek and early Chinese …

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  • An artist on the goldfields. The diary of Eugene von Guerard

    # 44555

    TIPPING, Marjorie

    An artist on the goldfields. The diary of Eugene von Guerard

    Melbourne : Currey O’Neil, 1982. Quarto, boards in dust jacket (light handling wear), pp. 84, illustrated, a very good copy. From the library of Jonathan Wantrup, his book label to upper pastedown.  

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  • Fred Williams : the Pilbara series, 1979-1981

    # 44550

    [WILLIAMS]. MCCAUGHEY, Patrick

    Fred Williams : the Pilbara series, 1979-1981

    Melbourne : CRA Limited, 1983. Oblong octavo, illustrated wrappers, light handling wear, pp. 52, illustrated end papers, preface by Sir Roderick Carnegie, essay on William’s Pilbara series by Patrick McCaughey, numerous colour illustrations of the series of paintings, catalogue of 31 works, very slight handling marks, but a very good copy.

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  • Albert Tucker

    # 44436

    UHL, Christopher

    Albert Tucker

    Melbourne : Lansdowne, 1969. Quarto boards in dustjacket, pp. 114, tipped-in plates, light handling marks, but a fine copy. The first major monograph on Tucker.

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  • Quandamooka, the art of Kath Walker

    # 44376

    BEIER, Ulli

    Quandamooka, the art of Kath Walker

    Bathurst, N.S.W., Australia : Robert Brown and Associates in association with the Aboriginal Artists Agency, 1985. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 72, illustrated. Drawings with explanatory notes by the artist; biographical information, life on Stradbroke Island.

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  • Eugene von Guerard. A German Romantic in the Antipodes 1811 - 1901

    # 44104

    BRUCE, Candice; COMSTOCK, Edward & McDONALD, Frank

    Eugene von Guerard. A German Romantic in the Antipodes 1811 – 1901

    Martinborough (N.Z.) : Alister Taylor Publishers, 1982. Oblong folio, thick boards bound in gilt-decorated half-crushed morocco over linen, pp. 306 with numerous full colour plates, ribbon marker and drawstring, housed in a matching clamshell box. A fine copy housed in the original mailing carton. A magnificent tribute to the great colonial painter, this weighty and …

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  • William Yang : Seeing and Being Seen

    # 44306

    YANG, William et al.

    William Yang : Seeing and Being Seen

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), 2021. Reprinted 2022. Quarto, gilt-lettered pictorial boards, pp. 220, extensively illustrated. New. Queensland-born, Sydney-based photographer William Yang’s significant contribution to Australian photography spans five decades. Known for his reflective and joyous depictions of Australia’s LGBTQI scene in the late 70s and 80s through to …

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  • The art of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri

    # 44230

    JOHNSON, Vivien

    The art of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri

    Sydney : Gordon and Breach International, 1994. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 177, extensively illustrated, a fine copy. ‘Comprehensive account of the life and work of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri; 60 paintings are illustrated and annotated; includes description of the artists country with maps of important sites, biographical detail of early life including contact with …

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  • Sidney Nolan : Myth Rider

    # 44216

    FITZPATRICK, Anthony (curator)

    Sidney Nolan : Myth Rider

    Curated by Anthony Fitzpatrick. Melbourne : TarraWarra Museum of Art, November 2021. Quarto, pictorial laminated boards, pp. 152, illustrated. New copy of an out of print title. Catalogue for an Exhibition held at TarraWarra Museum of Art from 4 December 2021 – 6 March 2022. With contributions by Anthony Fitzpatrick, David Hansen, Victoria Lynn, Sarah …

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  • Jeffrey Smart. A man is illogical on horseback; but in a satellite, surreal (signed copy)

    # 44119

    QUARTERMAINE, Peter

    Jeffrey Smart. A man is illogical on horseback; but in a satellite, surreal (signed copy)

    Foreword by Germaine Greer. Melbourne : Gryphon Books, 1983. Quarto, cloth bound boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 131, colour plates (many tipped-in), signed by Jeffrey Smart on the half-title page.

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  • Tony Tuckson : the reclining nude 1952 - 1956

    # 44116

    [TUCKSON, Tony]

    Tony Tuckson : the reclining nude 1952 – 1956

    Melbourne : Niagara Galleries, [1992]. Quarto, metallic blue wrappers, [pp. 20], colour illustrations throughout. Catalogue of works from the exhibition, with a list of works.  

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  • Albert Tucker (deluxe edition)

    # 44109

    UHL, Christopher

    Albert Tucker (deluxe edition)

    Melbourne : Lansdowne, 1969. Quarto, the deluxe edition, bound in full gilt-lettered Australian calf leather, in acetate wrapper and illustrated dustjacket (small chip to head of spine), pp. 114, tipped-in plates, limited to 250 numbered copies, with quality control card inserted.

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  • Ken Searle : North Geelong. 21 January - 19 February, 1995, Geelong Art Gallery : 23 February - 16 March 1995, Charles Nodrum Gallery. (Inscribed by the artist for Lady Maisie Drysdale)

    # 43894

    SEARLE, Ken

    Ken Searle : North Geelong. 21 January – 19 February, 1995, Geelong Art Gallery : 23 February – 16 March 1995, Charles Nodrum Gallery. (Inscribed by the artist for Lady Maisie Drysdale)

    Folding card, 255 x 205 mm; front with colour reproduction of Searle’s painting North Geelong, second side with exhibition information, and inscribed by the artist in pen ‘To Maisie, Happy Xmas. Best wishes, Ken’; third side with detailed analysis of North Geelong by John Forbes; fourth side with Searle’s exhibition CV; good condition; [TOGETHER WITH] …

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  • Jean P. Sutherland 1902/1978

    # 44005

    BUTLER, Roger and NODRUM, Charles

    Jean P. Sutherland 1902/1978

    Melbourne : Deutsher Galleries, 1979. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, [pp 32]. Exhibition catalogue illustrated in black and white.

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