Australian Indigenous Artists

  • Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    # 51549

    MUNDINE, Djon and BAKER, Candida.

    Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2014. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, as new (in storage since publication, not a second hand copy), illustrated endpapers, pp. 222, illustrated. Fine copy, quite scarce. Mirdidingkingathi Juwarrnda Sally Gabori was born c. 1924 on Bentinck Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria – an island inhabited by the Kaiadilt people for …

  • Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson Ngayuku Ngura - My Country (special edition, with original painting)

    # 51098

    McGREGOR, Ken and GEISSLER, Marie

    Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson Ngayuku Ngura – My Country (special edition, with original painting)

    Translation into French by Flore Gregorini. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2014. ‘This special presentation of Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson Ngayuku Ngura – My Country, authored by Ken McGregor and Marie Geissler, translated into French by Flore Gregorini and published by Macmillan, has been compiled by Ken McGregor. It is limited to 40 copies. Each copy, consisting …

  • Indigenous histories

    # 51362

    PEDROSA, Adriano (editor)

    Indigenous histories

    São Paulo : Museu de Arte de São Paulo and New York : KMEC Books, 2023. Quarto , illustrated boards pp. 340, illustrated. Continuing the work of the acclaimed Afro-Atlantic Histories, this publication from the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) compiles the collective curatorship and research carried out by artists and scholars from …

  • Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    # 51486

    MUNDINE, Djon and BAKER, Candida.

    Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2014. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, as new (in storage since publication, not a second hand copy), illustrated endpapers, pp. 222, illustrated. Fine copy, quite scarce. Mirdidingkingathi Juwarrnda Sally Gabori was born c. 1924 on Bentinck Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria – an island inhabited by the Kaiadilt people for …

  • Yannima Tommy Watson

    # 51485

    McGREGOR, Ken and ZIMMER, Jenny

    Yannima Tommy Watson

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2010.  Series: Macmillan mini-art series number 11. Small square octavo, pictorial boards in dust jacket, 144 pp extensively illustrated. An as new copy.

  • Dancing up country : the art of Dorothy Napangardi

    # 51443

    NAPANGARDI, Dorothy (1956 - 2013)

    Dancing up country : the art of Dorothy Napangardi

    Sydney : Museum Of Contemporary Art, 2002. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 88, illustrated, a mint copy, scarce as such. ‘Dancing up country: the art of Dorothy Napangardi presented a selection of paintings focusing on Dorothy Napangardi’s career from 1991 to 2002. These paintings were based around the Women’s Dreaming, sometimes known as Digging Sticks Dreaming, …

  • Ngarra : the texta drawings

    # 51358

    TAPPER, Nick (editor)

    Ngarra : the texta drawings

    Edited and introduced by Nick Tapper with contributions by Henry F. Skerritt and Kevin Shaw. Subiaco, W.A. : Mossenson Art Foundation, 2015 (2018 reprint). Quarto, illustrated wrappers in dustjacket, pp. 175, illustrated. New copy. ‘ A mesmerising collection of texta drawings by one of remote Australia’s most significant artists. Ngarra was the senior lawman for …

  • Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    # 51328

    NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959)

    Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    Artarmon, N.S.W. : Legend Press, [circa 1960s]. Publisher’s illustrated envelope (edges rubbed), 185 x 235 mm, housing six colour reproductions of paintings by Namatjira, each 175 x 225 mm (sheet size), plus a seventh sheet with biographical information and b/w photographic portrait of the artist. Scarce. There are six variations to this Souvenir Portfolio, each with …

  • Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    # 51329

    NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959)

    Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    Artarmon, N.S.W. : Legend Press, [circa 1980s]. Publisher’s illustrated envelope, 185 x 235 mm, housing six colour reproductions of paintings by Namatjira, each 175 x 225 mm (sheet size), plus a seventh sheet with biographical information and b/w photographic portrait of the artist. Scarce. There are six variations to this Souvenir Portfolio, each with a different …

  • Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    # 51327

    NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959)

    Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    Artarmon, N.S.W. : Legend Press, [circa 1960s]. Publisher’s illustrated envelope (edges rubbed, birthday inscription verso), 185 x 235 mm, housing six colour reproductions of paintings by Namatjira, each 175 x 225 mm (sheet size), plus a seventh sheet with biographical information and b/w photographic portrait of the artist. Scarce. There are six variations to this Souvenir …

  • The Heritage of Namatjira

    # 51325

    [NAMATJIRA]. HARDY, Jane, MEGAW, J.V.S., and MEGAW, M. Ruth

    The Heritage of Namatjira

    Curated by Angela Tidmarsh and J.V.S. Megaw on behalf of The Flinders University of South Australia; catalogue edited by M. Ruth Megaw. Melbourne : Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency, 1991. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 36, illustrated. Includes historical photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission. Scarce. A fine copy.

  • A changing relationship : Aboriginal themes in Australian art c.1938-1988

    # 51324

    DE LORENZE, Catherine

    A changing relationship : Aboriginal themes in Australian art c.1938-1988

    Exhibition curators, Catherine De Lorenzo and Dinah Dysart; essay, Catherine De Lorenzo. Observatory Hill, Sydney : S.H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.), 1988. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 52, illustrated. This exhibition is the first to survey and critique fifty years of sustained interest by European and Aboriginal artists and designers in Aboriginal themes …

  • Painting the country : contemporary Aboriginal art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia

    # 51323

    STANTON, John E.

    Painting the country : contemporary Aboriginal art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia

    Perth : University of Western Australia Press, 1989. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 48, illustrated.

  • Earth’s creation : the paintings of Emily Kame Kngwarreye.

    # 51322

    KNGWARREYE, Emily Kame

    Earth’s creation : the paintings of Emily Kame Kngwarreye.

    Melbourne : Malakoff Fine Art Press (Laurine Diggins Fine Art), 1998. Quarto (295 x 205 mm), pictorial wrappers, pp. 16, [1]; colour illustrations (including folding plates); an excellent copy. Catalogue produced for a Laurine Diggins Fine Art exhibition, with numerous colour illustrations, an essay Taking Charge: The Art of Emily Kame Kngwarreye by Daniel Thomas, …

  • Manggalili art : paintings by the Aboriginal artists Narritjin and Banapana Maymuru.

    # 51321

    MORPHY, Howard

    Manggalili art : paintings by the Aboriginal artists Narritjin and Banapana Maymuru.

    Canberra : ANU, Faculty of Arts, 1978. Large octavo (243 x 170 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers (slightly foxed); [12] pp. b/w illustrations, map; scholarly text by Howard Morphy; a very good copy. The paintings illustrated were produced by Narritjin and Banapana Maynuru during their time as visiting Artists to the Faculty of Arts.

  • Naata Nungurrayi : the late works

    # 51306

    SIMON, Christopher

    Naata Nungurrayi : the late works

    Alice Springs, N.T. : Yanda Aboriginal Art, 2016. Oblong quarto, gilt-decorated red cloth in matching slipcase, pp. x, 12 pages, 155 leaves illustrated rectos only, a fine copy. Printed in an edition of only 155 copies, with a limitation statement tipped on to the front free endpaper numbering this copy 88/155, and with a signed …