Australian Indigenous Artists

  • Samuel Namunjdja

    # 40539

    NAMUNJDJA, Samuel

    Samuel Namunjdja

    Melbourne : Niagara Galleries, 2007. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. [12], illustrated, biography lower wrapper water stained.

  • Utopia : a picture story. 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection

    # 40166

    BRODY, Anne Marie et alia

    Utopia : a picture story. 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes à Court Collection

    Perth [W.A.] : Heytesbury Holdings Ltd. for the Robert Holmes a Court Collection, 1990. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket, pp. 243, illustrated. The artists include: Nora Kemarre; Violet Petyarre; Jedda Kngwarreye; Patsy Kemarre; Marcia Pwerle; Kathleen Petyarre; Maggie Kemarre; Margaret Petyarre; Nancy Petyarre; Jean Pwerle; Maureen Kngwarreye; Rosemary Petyarre; Judith Kngwarreye; Dolly Petyarre; Jeannie Petyarre;Lyndsay Bird …

  • Mossgreen Auctions. The Tony Norton & Jann Williams Collection of Australia Indigenous Fine Art.  Melbourne, Monday 4 April 2016.

    # 40120

    MOSSGREEN

    Mossgreen Auctions. The Tony Norton & Jann Williams Collection of Australia Indigenous Fine Art. Melbourne, Monday 4 April 2016.

    Melbourne : Mossgreen, 2016. Auction catalogue. Small square quarto (240 x 240 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers, pp. 112, with 100 lots, all illustrated in colour, and index of artists; includes paintings by Paddy Bedford, Spinifex Artists, and major Central and Western Desert artists; an excellent copy.

  • Aborigena : arte australiana contemporanea

    # 40152

    OLIVA, Achille Bonito; GREEN, Charles; PIZZI, Gabrielle

    Aborigena : arte australiana contemporanea

    Milano : Electa, 2001. Exhibition catalogue. Quarto (280 x 250 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers; pp. 110, all works illustrated in colour; essays by Achille Bonito Oliva, Charles Green, and Gabrielle Pizzi; text in Italian and English; an excellent copy. Catalogue produced for the exhibition Aborigena : arte australiana contemporanea, featuring works by major Central and …

  • ReCoil: change & exchange in coiled fibre art : Artback Northern Territory Arts touring exhibition 2007.

    # 40088

    WEST, Margie (curator)

    ReCoil: change & exchange in coiled fibre art : Artback Northern Territory Arts touring exhibition 2007.

    Darwin, NT : Artback Northern Territory Arts Touring, 2007. Large quarto (275 x 225 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers, pp. ii, 107, colour illustrations throughout, map; foreword by Louise Partos; introduction by Louise Hamby; essays by Margie West, Thisbe Purich, plus a series of studies on individual fibre artists; a fine copy of a scholarly and …

  • Schittering (= Brilliance) : Shimmer, rarrk en glitter als veruiterlijking van inhoud in de kunst (= Shimmer, rarrk and glitter as externalisation of content in the arts)

    # 40098

    PETITJEAN, Georges; THOMPSON, Christian

    Schittering (= Brilliance) : Shimmer, rarrk en glitter als veruiterlijking van inhoud in de kunst (= Shimmer, rarrk and glitter as externalisation of content in the arts)

    Utrecht, The Netherlands : Aboriginal Art Museum, 2007. Square octavo (185 x 200 mm), publisher’s printed boards, 54, [6] pp, colour illustrations; parallel text in Dutch and English; a very good copy. Contains essay In search of the International Look,  by Christian Bumbarra Thompson (from a series of interviews conducted with Christian Thompson between March 2006 …

  • Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson Ngayuku Ngura - My Country (deluxe edition with original etching)

    # 39586

    McGREGOR, Ken and GEISSLER, Marie

    Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson Ngayuku Ngura – My Country (deluxe edition with original etching)

    Translation into French by Flore Gregorini. Melbourne : Macmillan, 2010. Quarto, white lettered black buckram in dustjacket, matching slipcase, illustrated endpapers, pp 248, extensively illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 50 numbered copies, with a large and magnificent original colour etching by Watson loosely enclosed, limited to 50 numbered copies signed with his monogram ‘X’. …

  • Destiny Deacon : Whacked

    # 39683

    Destiny Deacon : Whacked

    Sydney : Roslyn Oxley9, 2007. DL size exhibition invitation flyer, folded, two images, fine.

  • Southern reflections : ten contemporary Australian artists

    # 39409

    PEARCE, Barry

    Southern reflections : ten contemporary Australian artists

    Curated by Elizabeth Cross under the auspices of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 60, illustrated. An exhibition of Australian art touring northern Europe 1998-1999. Introduction by Barry Pearce. John Wolseley, John Olsen, Rover Thomas, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Alan Mitelman, Hilarie Mais, Richard Dunn, Mike Parr, Caroline Williams, Lundell Brown …

  • Crafts from Aurukun : design for a local environment

    # 39347

    ADAMS, Jeanie

    Crafts from Aurukun : design for a local environment

    Aurukun, Queensland : Aurukun Community Incorporated, 1986. Octavo (210 x 160 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers, 28 pp., line-drawn illustrations throughout; very light vertical crease, else fine.

  • Spinifex : people of the sun and shadow

    # 39176

    CHADWICK, Ross; CRUTHERS, John; LANE, Carly

    Spinifex : people of the sun and shadow

     / curators : Ross Chadwick, John Cruthers, Carly Lane. Bentley, W.A. : John Curtin Gallery, 2012. Quarto (275 x 230 mm), pictorial card covers with French flaps, photographic endpapers, 70 pp., colour illustrations; an excellent copy. Now very hard to find, this scholarly and well-illustrated catalogue was produced to accompany an exhibition of art by …

  • Winpa : Raft, August 2007

    # 39171

    RAFT ARTSPACE

    Winpa : Raft, August 2007

    Parap, N.T. : Raft Artspace, 2007. Folding card, 210 x 145 mm, [8] panels, illustrated in colour, with a catalogue essay by Emily Rohr; a fine copy. “Raft Artspace & Short St. Gallery present ‘Winpa’ : works by the Yulparitja artists of Bidyadanga, showing August 11 – September 1” (rear panel). The artists whose work …

  • Aboriginal Australians : spirit of Arnhem Land. (Inscribed by Pat Corrigan for Colin Laverty)

    # 39169

    TWEEDIE, Penny

    Aboriginal Australians : spirit of Arnhem Land. (Inscribed by Pat Corrigan for Colin Laverty)

    Melbourne : New Holland Publishers, 2001. Large quarto (300 x 270 mm), pictorial card covers, 168 pp, colour photographic plates throughout, map; an excellent copy, the title page inscribed by Pat Corrigan for Dr. Colin Laverty – associating this copy with two of the most important collectors of Australian Indigenous art.

  • Sotheby's. Aboriginal and Oceanic Art. Melbourne, 26 & 27 July 2010

    # 39299

    KLINGENDER, Tim; DAVIDSON, D'lan

    Sotheby’s. Aboriginal and Oceanic Art. Melbourne, 26 & 27 July 2010

    Melbourne : Sotheby’s Australia, 2010. Auction catalogue. Quarto (270 x 210 mm), illustrated stiff wrappers, pp 272, with 341 lots, all illustrated in colour, and index of artists; contains many paintings by contemporary Central and Western Desert artists; works by Albert Namatjira, Tommy McRae, and Brook Andrew; Arnhem Land barks; Tiwi sculptures, and traditional artefacts; …

  • Gumatj Rom

    # 39003

    MORPHY, Howard

    Gumatj Rom

    Melbourne : Kimberley Australian Aboriginal Art, circa 2000. Exhibition brochure, single sheet folded, pp. [6], text by Howard Morphy, illustrations. An exhibition of works by Charlie Matjuwi Burarrwanga an his son Peter Datjin Burarrwanga. Scarce.

  • Fibre art from Elcho Island. Catalogue of an Exhibition St. George campus, The University of New South Wales.

    # 38916

    HAMBY, Louise (editor)

    Fibre art from Elcho Island. Catalogue of an Exhibition St. George campus, The University of New South Wales.

    Sydney : School of Applied and Performing Arts, The University of New South Wales, 1994. Narrow quarto (295 x 170 mm), illustrated stiff wrappers, pp. [4], iii, 56; 19 b/w photographs, 18 coloured plates, 2 maps, catalogue of works; an excellent copy.