Australian Indigenous Artists

  • New beginnings. Classic paintings from the Corrigan collection of 21st century Aboriginal art (signed presentation copy)

    # 50459

    McCULLOCH CHILDS, Emily and GIBSON, Ross

    New beginnings. Classic paintings from the Corrigan collection of 21st century Aboriginal art (signed presentation copy)

    Preface by Margo Neale. Melbourne : McCulloch & McCulloch, 2008. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 156, illustrated. With a warm presentation inscription from Pat Corrigan to noted art auction house owner Tim Goodman.

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  • Lives of the Papunya Tula artists

    # 50422

    JOHNSON, Vivien

    Lives of the Papunya Tula artists

    Alice Springs : IAD Press, 2008.Quarto, illustrated boards in dustjacket, illustrated endpapers, pp. xvi; 402, extensively illustrated. New copy. ”Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists’ chronicles the beginning of the Western Desert art movement and the phenomenal development of its founding art company over four decades. Through comprehensive and widely researched biographies of more than …

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  • Le picture su corteccia di Oenpelli [= An Exhibition of Oenpelli paintings on bark]

    # 50420

    ISAACS, Jennifer et al.

    Le picture su corteccia di Oenpelli [= An Exhibition of Oenpelli paintings on bark]

    [Sydney] : [Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council], circa 1978. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, lightly rubbed, pp. 52, illustrated. Italian language edition.

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  • [POSTER]. Circle path meander. Central Australian paintings from the Carnegie Collection

    # 32776

    [POSTER]. Circle path meander. Central Australian paintings from the Carnegie Collection

    Collected in the 1970s by Geoffrey Bardon. Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1988. Printed poster, 590 x 415 mm, introduction by Margaret Carnegie, essay by Geoffrey Bardon and catalogue verso. An important poster and catalogue for this landmark exhibition of Australian Aboriginal art. Fine copy. Note: this is the only catalogue for the exhibition, …

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  • Gabori : the Corrigan collection of paintings by Sally Gabori

    # 50342

    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 …

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  • The Peter Hallinan Collection of Melanesian Art. Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1992.

    # 50346

    BACQUART, Jean-Baptiste & Bernard DE GRUNNE

    The Peter Hallinan Collection of Melanesian Art. Sotheby’s, London, 7 December 1992.

    London : Sotheby’s, 1992. Auction catalogue. Large quarto (280 x 215 mm), decorated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; pp. 199, [3 bibliography]; 166 lots, illustrated in colour; an excellent copy.  

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  • The Heritage of Namatjira : the watercolourists of Central Australia.

    # 50253

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

    The Heritage of Namatjira : the watercolourists of Central Australia.

    Melbourne : Heinemann, 1992. Large octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. xxii; 350, illustrated in colour, an excellent copy.  The primary reference work on the Hermannsburg school. A quality copy of a title which is out of print and quite scarce.

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  • The life and times of Albert Namatjira

    # 50092

    MCGREGOR, Ken

    The life and times of Albert Namatjira

    Melbourne : Badger Editions, 2021. Quarto (310 x 253 mm), laminated pictorial boards in illustrated dust jacket, pp. 448, extensively illustrated. Text by Ken McGregor, designed and edited by Jenny Zimmer. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. New copy. Printed and produced entirely in Australia. Destined to be regarded as the most authoritative, thoroughly …

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  • Mythology and reality : contemporary Australian desert art from the Gabrielle Pizzi Collection

    # 50082

    BARDON, Geoffrey; PIZZI, Gabrielle

    Mythology and reality : contemporary Australian desert art from the Gabrielle Pizzi Collection

    Melbourne : Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2004. Square quarto, pictorial laminated card covers, wraparound band, 88 pp, illustrated in colour. Catalogue from an exhibition held at the Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2 October 2005-30 January 2005. Touring exhibition of contemporary indigenous art from the Pizzi collection. Printed in an edition of 750 copies.

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  • Tommy Yannima Pikarli Watson : the master colourist

    # 50341

    McGREGOR, Ken; HENDERSON, Geoff

    Tommy Yannima Pikarli Watson : the master colourist

    Melbourne : Badger Editions, 2023. Folio, illustrated laminated boards, pp. 314, illustrated. Designed by Jenny Zimmer. New copy, still sealed in shrink-wrap. Scarce.

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  • John Mawurndjul

    # 50037

    GALLERY GABRIELLE PIZZI; KOHEN, Apolline; TAYLOR, Luke; ALTMAN, Jon

    John Mawurndjul

    Melbourne : Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, in association with Maningrida Arts & Culture, [2007]. Quarto (275 x 210 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers, 39 pp., illustrated in colour; essay by Apolline Kohen, Arts Director at Maningrida Arts & Culture, and another by Jon Altman and Luke Taylor; an excellent copy. Scarce catalogue of an exhibition held at …

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  • Fiona Omeenyo. New life

    # 50306

    CRAWFORD, Ashley

    Fiona Omeenyo. New life

    Melbourne : Niagara Galleries, 2007. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [40], illustrated.

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  • They are meditating : bark paintings from the MCA's Arnott's Collection

    # 50023

    MUNDINE, Djon et al.

    They are meditating : bark paintings from the MCA’s Arnott’s Collection

    Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 272, illustrated.. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney: 14 February – 3 August 2008. ‘They are Meditating: Bark paintings from the MCA’s Arnott’s Collection showcased over 200 rare and significant Aboriginal bark paintings from the late 1960s …

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  • Beyond Sacred. Recent paintings from Australia's remote Aboriginal communities : the collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty

    # 50009

    LAVERTY, Colin and Elizabeth, et al

    Beyond Sacred. Recent paintings from Australia’s remote Aboriginal communities : the collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty

    Melbourne : Hardie Grant Books, 2008. First edition. Folio (34 cm tall), boards in diecut folding dustjacket, illustrated endpapers, pp. [viii]; 352, extensively illustrated. A mint copy, as new. A comprehensive, visually stunning survey of recent Aboriginal art, with images of more than 250 paintings. It tells the story of Aboriginal art and its growing …

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  • Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment. Australia, Oceania, Asia, Africa

    # 49982

    DAALDER, Truus

    Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment. Australia, Oceania, Asia, Africa

    Adelaide : Ethnic Art Press ; South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan, 2009. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 420, illustrated in colour. As new copy, still sealed in shrinkwrap and in publisher’s carton. “A sumptuously produced book with an elaborate, informative text and 704 beautiful photographs of adornment from many parts of the world, ranging …

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  • Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into hand of traditional [Gurindji] landowner Vincent Lingiari, [Daguragu/Wattie Creek] Northern Territory.

    # 49856

    BISHOP, Mervyn (b. 1945)

    Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into hand of traditional [Gurindji] landowner Vincent Lingiari, [Daguragu/Wattie Creek] Northern Territory.

    1975/2021. Edition number of 25. Digital c-type photograph, signed, dated and titled, 60 x 60 cm. Illustrated on page 81, In Dreams. Mervyn Bishop: Thirty Years of Photography, 1960-1990. Held in AGNSW, NGA. Mervyn Bishop was born in Brewarrina in 1945. He commenced a four-year photography cadetship with the Sydney Morning Herald in 1963 (where he would work for seventeen …

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