Australian Indigenous Artists

  • Bradshaw's ancient rock paintings of north-west Australia

    # 50605

    WALSH, Grahame L. (1944 - 2007)

    Bradshaw’s ancient rock paintings of north-west Australia

    Geneva : Edition Limitee for The Bradshaw Foundation, 1994. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light handling marks), pp. xviii; 284, 99 colour plates, maps. A fine copy. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. Housed in the original publisher’s mailing carton, with the original prospectus, order form, and related clippings. Since their ‘discovery’ by pastoralist Joseph …

    $1,100.00 AUD Read more
  • The Delmore Collection presents Emily Kngwarreye

    # 50567

    HART, Deborah

    The Delmore Collection presents Emily Kngwarreye

    [Utopia, N.T.] : Delmore Gallery, circa 1995. Gallery promotional flyer, folded card, five colour illustrations, short essay. Very scarce and early publication on Kngwarreye, preceding all the monographs on her, from Delmore Gallery, located on Delmore Downs Station in the remote Utopia community of the Northern Territory (the brochure advises ‘Airstrip available’). Scarce and ephemeral

    $75.00 AUD Read more
  • Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Alhalkere. Paintings from Utopia

    # 50562

    [KNGWARREYE]. NEALE, Margo.

    Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Alhalkere. Paintings from Utopia

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 1998. Quarto, illustrated cards in paper dustwrapper, 154pp. illustrated throughout. An important monograph, a very good copy, scarce.

    $125.00 AUD Read more
  • Earth’s creation : the paintings of Emily Kame Kngwarreye.

    # 50501

    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, …

    $45.00 AUD Read more
  • Emily Kame Kngwarreye : paintings

    # 50499

    [KNGWARREYE]. ISAACS, Jennifer et al.

    Emily Kame Kngwarreye : paintings

    With contributions by Jennifer Isaacs, Terry Smith, Judith Ryan, Donald Holt & Janet Holt. Sydney : Craftsman House, 1998. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 204, illustrated in colour throughout, a fine copy of this scholarly publication, scarce. Emily Kame Kngwarreye (c. 1910-1996) was a senior member of the Anmatyerre community resident at Utopia, a former …

    $500.00 AUD Read more
  • 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.

    $60.00 AUD Read more
  • 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.

    $45.00 AUD Read more
  • [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, …

    $110.00 AUD Read more
  • 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 …

    $200.00 AUD Read more
  • 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.  

    $35.00 AUD Read more
  • 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.

    $125.00 AUD Read more
  • 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 …

    $150.00 AUD Read more
  • 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.

    $50.00 AUD Read more
  • 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.

    $175.00 AUD Read more
  • 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 …

    $70.00 AUD Read more
  • Fiona Omeenyo. New life

    # 50306

    CRAWFORD, Ashley

    Fiona Omeenyo. New life

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

    $20.00 AUD Read more