Australian Indigenous Artists
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# 47088
CRUMLIN, Rosemary
Aboriginal art and spirituality (signed and inscribed copy)
Melbourne : Collins Dove, 1991. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 151, illustrated. With a long and warm signed inscription from Rosemary Crumlin on the title page. Contributors include Judith Ryan, Roy Churcher, Christopher Hodges, Gabrielle Pizzi, Margaret Woodward and Fiona Foley. “Painting has become a powerful vehicle for the transmission of a culture: the myths, …
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# 47087
FOX, Stephen and MAUGHAN, Janet
Ian W. Abdulla : Elvis has entered the building
Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2003. Quarto, 280 x 240 mm mm, boards in dustjacket, pp. 104, illustrated. New copy. For a painter who wishes to be remembered as a ‘quiet lad’, Ian Abdulla has been creating quite a stir over the last 15 years. He is recognised as one of Australia’s most distinctive and appealing …
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# 47066
HINKSON, Melinda
Remembering the future : Walpiri life through the prism of drawing
Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press [AIATSIS], 2014. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. xi, 178, illustrated. ‘What can a collection of drawings reveal about their makers? Crayon drawings collected by anthropologists provide an illuminating prism through which to explore how the Warlpiri people of Central Australia have seen their place in the world and have been …
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# 47065
MUNDINE, Djon and CARUANA, Wally
Urban focus : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from the urban areas of Australia
Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 1994. Quarto, illustrated self wrappers, pp. [8], illustrated with works by Ron Hurley, Byron Pickett, Robert Campbell Jr., Laurie Nilsen, Euphemia Bostock and Richard Bell, essay by Don Mundine and Wally Caruana. ‘Discussion of art created by Aboriginal people in urban centres, its development and acceptance, and the various …
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# 47064
ADAMS, Jeanie
Made with meaning. Crafts of Aboriginal far North Queensland : the Yalga-Binbi collection.
Cairns, Qld. : Yalga-Binbi Institute for Community Development, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Corporation and Cairns Regional Gallery, 1995. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 48, illustrated. Published in conjunction with an exhibition, Made with meaning: crafts of Aboriginal far North Queensland, curated by Jeanie Adams and presented at Cairns Regional Gallery from July 15 to …
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# 47063
CAPON, Edmond
Gamarada : friends
Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1996. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 84, illustrated. ‘Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1995 in recognition of a number of donors whose particular support led to the success of the Yiribana Gallery and the collection it holds. Artists: Bininuwuy, …
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# 47071
[KNGWARREYE]. NEALE, Margo, ELLWOOD, Tony, NISHINO, Hanako, et al.
Emily Kame Kngwarreye : utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Canberra, Australia and Japan : National Museum of Australia/ The National Museum of Art, Osaka/ The National Art Centre, Tokyo/ The Yomiuri Shimbun, 2008. Quarto, boards in pictorial dust jacket, very lightly rubbed, pp. 256, illustrated throughout in colour, exhibition catalogue in English and Japanese language for the travelling exhibition of Australian Indigenous artist Emily …
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# 47068
RYAN, Judith et al.
Brook Andrew : the right to offend is sacred (with ephemera)
Judith Ryan with Brook Andrew; Nick Aikens, Anthony Gardner, Marcia Langton, Simon Maidment and Trent Walter. Melbourne, Vic. : National Gallery of Victoria, 2017. Quarto, lettered wrappers, pp. 177, illustrated. Scarce. A fine copy. This copy with a signed letter from Tony Ellwood, Director of the NGV and other related ephemera.
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# 47055
PERKINS, Hetti and FINK, Hannah (editors).
Papunya Tula : genesis and genius (hardcover edition)
Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2000. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 319 extensively illustrated, light foxing to edges, else a very good copy. Quickly out of print and now scarce, this landmark exhibition catalogue surveys the Papunya Tula movement which founded the contemporary Australian Aboriginal art market. The scarce and sought …
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# 47031
GREEN, Jenny
[KNGWARREYE]. Utopia : Women, country and batik
Written and illustrated by Jenny Green. [Utopia, N.T.] : Utopia Womens’ Batik Group, [1981]. Quarto, screenprinted wrappers (light edge wear and handling marks), pp. [25], illustrated with portraits of the artists and the landscape. ‘This publication was produced for an exhibition of batik from Utopia initially presented at the Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery in October, …
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# 47007
QUAILL, Avril; CARUANA, Wally; JENKINS, Susan; MUNDINE, Djon
Le mémorial : un chef-d’oeuvre d’art arborigène / The Memorial : a masterpiece of Aboriginal art. (Inscribed and signed copy)
Lausanne : Musée Olympique, 1999. Large quarto (300 x 240 mm), pictorial card with French flaps, pp. 144, colour illustrated; parallel text in French and English; a fine copy, the front free-endpaper inscribed and signed by the curators ‘Dear Sarah, this could not have happened without you. Best wishes, Wally [Caruana] / Cariños siempre, Gloria [Morales] …
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# 47002
MOUNTFORD, Charles P.
The art of Albert Namatjira
Foreword by R.H. Croll. Melbourne : Bread and Cheese Club, 1949. Fifth edition. Quarto, papered boards with gilt lettering, in illustrated dustjacket (lightly rubbed, a couple of short tears and nicks), 79 pp, illustrated with b/w and colour plates, pale water stain to fore edge. A good copy.
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# 46991
WOLSELEY, John et al.
Midawarr | harvest : the art of Mulkun Wirrpanda and John Wolseley
Edited by Will Stubbs and John Wolseley. Canberra, A.C.T. : National Museum of Australia, 2018. Folio, illustrated wrappers, pp. 207, illustrated. Two artists, two completely different approaches, but one abiding passion — to celebrate the natural bounty to be found in the floodplains, swamps, savannas and woodlands of northern Australia. Mulkun Wirrpanda and John Wolseley, her …
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# 46989
HART, Deborah
Emily Kame Kngwarreye : paintings from 1989 – 1995. Works from the Delmore Collection
Canberra : Parliament House, 1995. Folio, illustrated wrappers, pp. [20], illustrated. Essay by Deborah Hart. Very scarce and early publication on Kngwarreye, preceding all the monographs on her.
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# 46986
MUNDINE, Djon
The native born : objects and representations from Ramingining, Arnhem Land (softcover)
Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art in association with Bula’bula Arts, Ramingining, [2000]. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 242, extensively illustrated, a little edge wear, a good copy. Focuses upon the character and background of the Ramingining Collection, formed by Djon Mundine — who also provides the major essay for this book. ‘This exhibition of …
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# 46985
[BEDFORD, Paddy]
Paddy Bedford
Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 144, illustrated. A very good copy.