Australian Indigenous Artists

  • Emily / Papunya. New York 2020

    # 45091

    [KNGWARREYE, Emily Kame] MERLINO, Vanessa; DAVIDSON, D'lan

    Emily / Papunya. New York 2020

    [Title from wraparound banner containing two catalogues]. Emily. Exhibition 4-21 March 2020. High Line Nine, Chelsea, New York. Melbourne : D’Lan Contemporary, 2020. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 48, illustrated. Papunya. Exhibition 4-21 March 2020. High Line Nine, Chelsea, New York. Melbourne : D’Lan Contemporary, 2020. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 52, illustrated. Under the headline ‘Emily …

  • My Mother Country. Aboriginal Dot Painting

    # 45087

    HALDEMANN, Matthias (editor)

    My Mother Country. Aboriginal Dot Painting

    Berlin : Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2022. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 308, illustrated. New copy. Edited by Matthias Haldemann and Kunsthaus Zug, Text by Joelle Clément, Roberta Colombo Dougoud, Ronald Dahinden, Joseph Egan, Matthias Haldemann, Fritz Hauser, Janet Holt, Bethan Huws, and Leonora Kugler. The collection of Joëlle and Pierre Clément includes Australian painters whose work …

  • Survey of Aboriginal art : the Hermannsburg watercolourists, 1938-1988, Arrente (Aranda) language group.

    # 45064

    BLOOMFIELD, Lin

    Survey of Aboriginal art : the Hermannsburg watercolourists, 1938-1988, Arrente (Aranda) language group.

    Paddington, NSW : The Bloomfield Galleries, 1989. Exhibition catalogue. Folding card (295 x 210 mm), [8] pp, catalogue text, illustrations (colour &  b/w); price list enclosed Catalogue for one of three exhibitions of Aboriginal art staged by Bloomfield Galleries in 1989. Includes Albert Namatjira and family.

  • Heart of blackness : Paddy Bedford

    # 44886

    ECCLES, Jeremy

    Heart of blackness : Paddy Bedford

    Melbourne : William Mora Galleries in association with Jirrawun Arts, 2005. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [28], illustrated.  

  • Dot and circle : a retrospective survey of the Aboriginal acrylic paintings of Central Australia. (Signed copy, uncirculated))

    # 44885

    MAUGHAN, Janet; ZIMMER, Jenny [FLINDERS UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM]

    Dot and circle : a retrospective survey of the Aboriginal acrylic paintings of Central Australia. (Signed copy, uncirculated))

    A loan exhibition from the Flinders University of South Australia, first shown at the RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, 16th April-3rd May, 1985. Melbourne : Communication Services Unit, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1986. ‘Publication edited, produced and designed co-operatively by Janet Maughan in Adelaide and Jenny Zimmer in Melbourne.’ Quarto, original pictorial stiff wrappers, 208 pp, …

  • The art of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (signed copy)

    # 44724

    JOHNSON, Vivien

    The art of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (signed copy)

    Sydney : Gordon and Breach International, 1994 (1996 reprint). Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 177, extensively illustrated, a fine copy, signed in black marker by the artist on the title page in Possum’s distinctive handwriting. ‘Comprehensive account of the life and work of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri; 60 paintings are illustrated and annotated; includes description …

  • Transitions : 17 years of the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award.

    # 44818

    ALTMAN, Jon; TAYLOR, Luke; MELLOR, Doreen; QUAILL, Avril; MORPHY, Howard, et al.

    Transitions : 17 years of the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award.

    A Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory travelling exhibition 2000. At head of title: Telstra presents. Darwin, N.T. : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2000. Quarto (270 x 210 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers, pp. 120, illustrated in colour; a presentation copy inscribed and signed on the title page for noted …

  • Djambawa Marawili AM : master of ceremony

    # 45959

    MARAWILI, Djambawa

    Djambawa Marawili AM : master of ceremony

    Melbourne : Vivian Anderson Gallery, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, quarto, folded card, pp. [6], text and illustrations.

  • Vincent Namatjira

    # 44782

    NAMATJIRA, Vincent

    Vincent Namatjira

    Melbourne : Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd, 2023. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 256, illustrated. New copy. Reframing Australian history through the eyes of a prolific Indigenous artist, this is the first major monograph on Vincent Namatjira. Welcome to the past, present and future. I stand side-by-side with my great-grandfather, who I never met – …

  • Australian aboriginal art : the Louis A. Allen collection : an exhibition at the Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology of the University of California, Berkeley, January 17 - August 25, 1969

    # 44808

    ELSASSER, Albert B.; PAUL, Vivian

    Australian aboriginal art : the Louis A. Allen collection : an exhibition at the Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology of the University of California, Berkeley, January 17 – August 25, 1969

    Berkeley : University of California, 1969. Small square quarto, pictorial wrappers (lightly marked), stapled, 18 pp, b&w photographic plates of the artworks, map; a very good copy. Highlights from the Louis A. Allen collection, focusing heavily on important bark paintings from Arnhem Land and the Kimberley, and carvings from Melville Island, with accompanying scholarly text. A number …

  • Yannima Tommy Watson

    # 45911

    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.

  • Djambawa Marawili : Fire water and the crocodile. Bark paintings. Sculpture

    # 44704

    MARAWILI, Djambawa

    Djambawa Marawili : Fire water and the crocodile. Bark paintings. Sculpture

    Sydney : Annandale Galleries, 2011. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 40, illustrated, invitation card enclosed.

  • Paddy Bedford : gouache

    # 44612

    MERLINO, Vanessa (editor)

    Paddy Bedford : gouache

    Melbourne and New York : D’Lan Contemporary, 2024. Quarto, illustrated laminated boards, lettered in silver, pp. 104, illustrated. New copy. ‘Internationally renowned as one of Australia’s most highly regarded First Nations artists, Goowoomji Nynkuny Paddy Bedford was a senior Gija lawman who became a critical figure in East Kimberley painting. Paddy Bedford: Gouache is the …

  • Roads cross. The paintings of Rover Thomas

    # 45891

    THOMAS, Rover

    Roads cross. The paintings of Rover Thomas

    With Kim Akerman, Mary Macha, Will Christensen and Wally Caruana. Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 1994. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 64, illustrated. A fine copy.

  • Papunya : a place made after the story. The beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement

    # 44673

    BARDON, Geoffrey and BARDON, James.

    Papunya : a place made after the story. The beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement

    Melbourne : Miegunyah Press, 2004 (2006 reprint). Quarto, cloth in dustjacket, pp. 527, extensively illustrated. A significant monograph on the foundations of the contemporary indigenous Australian art movement.

  • Papunya Tula : genesis and genius

    # 44378

    PERKINS, Hetti and FINK, Hannah (editors).

    Papunya Tula : genesis and genius

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2000. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 319 extensively illustrated, light handling wear, crease to spine, a very good copy. Quickly out of print and now scarce, this landmark exhibition catalogue surveys the Papunya Tula movement which founded the contemporary Australian Aboriginal art market.