Australian Indigenous Artists

  • Kunwinjku art from Injalak, 1991-1992 : the John W. Kluge Commission

    # 46040

    KLUGE, John W.

    Kunwinjku art from Injalak, 1991-1992 : the John W. Kluge Commission

    North Adelaide, South Australia : Museum Art International, 1994. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 151, illustrated. “The artists of the Injalak Arts and Crafts Association, together with the people of Gunbalanya (Oenpelli), are proud to introduce Kunwinjku art from Injalak, 1991-1992 : the John W. Kluge commission. This collection comprises forty five paintings that depict important …

  • Images of Aboriginal Australia

    # 46039

    STANTON, John E.

    Images of Aboriginal Australia

    Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 1988. Series: University of Western Australia Anthropology Research Museum Occasional Paper no. 2. Large octavo (250 x 175 mm), pictorial wrappers, stapled (a little foxed along lower panel), pp 68, with b/w photographic illustrations throughout, maps; a fine copy. An important catalogue of the collection assembled by …

  • Seeing the centre. The art of Albert Namatjira 1902 - 1959

    # 46022

    FRENCH, Alison

    Seeing the centre. The art of Albert Namatjira 1902 – 1959

    Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2002. First edition. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 166, illustrated, a fine copy.

  • Sense : Ki-Won Park, Kyung-Hee Shin, Fiona Foley, Geoff Lowe.

    # 45963

    FOLEY, Fiona et al.

    Sense : Ki-Won Park, Kyung-Hee Shin, Fiona Foley, Geoff Lowe.

    Seoul : Whanki Museum and Melbourne : The Asialink Centre at the University of Melbourne and the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 1997. Four volumes, octavo, lettered wrappers, each approximately50 pages, illustrated, text in English and Korean. Printed in editions of 1000 and 1500 copies. The complete set of catalogues for the contemporary artists’ exhibition …

  • Utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye

    # 45893

    [KNGWARREYE]. NEALE, Margo, ELLWOOD, Tony, NISHINO, Hanako, et al.

    Utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye

    Canberra : National Museum of Australia, 2008. Quarto, illustrated cards, edges very minimally rubbed, pp. 272, small clip to corner of endpaper, illustrated throughout in colour, exhibition catalogue for the exhibition of Australian Indigenous artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye’s work ‘Utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye’. Contains text by Craddock Morton, Kevin Rudd, Murray McLean, …

  • Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori : dulka warngiid = land of all

    # 46497

    RYAN, Judith et al.

    Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori : dulka warngiid = land of all

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 2016. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 144, illustrated throughout. This beautifully illustrated publication features works drawn from public and private collections in an exhibition surveying the life and work of the late Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori c.1924–2015, the distinguished senior Kaiadilt woman artist from Bentinck Island in the Queensland’s Gulf of …

  • Etched in the sun : prints made by indigenous artists in collaboration with Basil Hall & printers, 1997-2007

    # 46008

    HALL, Basil and MUNDINE, Djon

    Etched in the sun : prints made by indigenous artists in collaboration with Basil Hall & printers, 1997-2007

    Canberra : ANU Drill Hall Gallery, [2008]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light handling marks, pp. 64, illustrated. Etched in the Sun: Prints by Indigenous Australian Artists was an exhibition of fine art prints, which represented ten years of collaborative effort between artists and fine art printers. Organized by printmaker Basil Hall, Etched in the Sun included …

  • Yuendumu Doors suite

    # 46007

    SIMS, Paddy Japaljarri (c. 1917 - 2010); STEWART, Paddy Japaljarri (1935 - 2013)

    Yuendumu Doors suite

    Darwin : Northern Editions Print Workshop for Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, 2000. Thirty sugar lift etchings, printed in colour from single plates, each titled lower centre and editioned lower left 56 / 75 by the publisher, each personally signed by the artist either ‘P S’ (Paddy Stewart) or ‘X’ (Paddy Sims, who could not write), each …

  • Remembering Barak

    # 45950

    RYAN, Judith

    Remembering Barak

    Melbourne., Victoria : National Gallery of Victoria, 2003. Quarto (260 x 200 mm), illustrated card wrappers, pp. 64; illustrated in colour; essays by Judith Ryan and Carol Cooper; a pristine copy. Discussion and commemoration of the work and life of William Barak, leader and artist.

  • Namatjira : Wanderer between two worlds

    # 45919

    BATTY, Joyce

    Namatjira : Wanderer between two worlds

    Melbourne : Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. Octavo, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 158, illustrated. Some pale foxing and edge wear to the dustjacket, a very good copy.

  • Bradshaw art of the Kimberley

    # 45756

    WALSH, Grahame L.

    Bradshaw art of the Kimberley

    Toowong : Takarakka Nowan Kas Publications, 2000. Oblong quarto, faux crocodile skin with pictorial inlay, illustrated endpapers, pp. [vi]; x; [4], 464, extensively illustrated; a fine copy housed in the publisher’s original mailing carton. Since their ‘discovery’ by pastoralist Joseph Bradshaw in 1891, the Bradshaw rock paintings of the Kimberley, or Gwion Gwion, have been …

  • Art + soul : a journey into the world of Aboriginal art (signed presentation copy)

    # 45825

    PERKINS, Hetti

    Art + soul : a journey into the world of Aboriginal art (signed presentation copy)

    Melbourne : Miegunyah Press, 2010. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. xiv, 286, extensively illustrated. Signed and inscribed by Hetti Perkins on the title page for noted indigenous art collectors Colin and Liz Laverty. Companion book to ABC TV series by the same name. Over the last 30 years, a flowering of Aboriginal art has occurred …

  • Aboriginal artists dictionary of biographies : Western Desert, Central Desert and Kimberley region

    # 45824

    KRECZMANSKI, Janusz B. and BIRNBERG, Margo

    Aboriginal artists dictionary of biographies : Western Desert, Central Desert and Kimberley region

    Marleston, S. Aust. : J.B. Publishing, 2004. Octavo, laminated boards in dustjacket (a little miscreased, laminate lifting slightly), pp. 446, illustrated. Foreword by Patrick Dodson.

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

    # 45827

    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 …

  • Dennis Nona : Malu sara

    # 45586

    NONA, Dennis

    Dennis Nona : Malu sara

    Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer Pty Ltd, 2011. Exhibition catalogue. Square quarto (210 x 210 mm), pictorial wrappers, 50 pp., colour illustrations; an excellent copy.

  • Brook Andrew : Hope & peace

    # 45598

    ANDREW, Brook

    Brook Andrew : Hope & peace

    Melbourne : Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, 2005. Small square quarto (210 x 210 mm), pictorial wrappers, 35 pp., illustrated in colour, catalogue essay by Marcia Langton; an excellent copy. Catalogue for an exhibition of work by Brook Andrew at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, 5 July – 7 August 2005. ‘Includes artist’s statement and works from the exhibition; …