Australian Indigenous Artists

  • Michael Cook : Through my eyes

    # 45583

    COOK, Michael (1968 - )

    Michael Cook : Through my eyes

    Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2010. Square quarto, folded card, pp. [4], illustrated; an excellent copy. ‘Michael Cook is a photographer who worked commercially both in Australia and overseas for twenty-five years. In 2009, Cook was drawn into art photography by an increasingly urgent desire to learn about his Aboriginal ancestry and identity. As …

  • Michael Cook : Uninhabited

    # 45582

    COOK, Michael (1968 - )

    Michael Cook : Uninhabited

    Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2011. Square quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [36], illustrated. An excellent copy. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. ‘Michael Cook is a photographer who worked commercially both in Australia and overseas for twenty-five years. In 2009, Cook was drawn into art photography by an increasingly urgent desire to learn …

  • Dancing up country : the art of Dorothy Napangardi

    # 45666

    NAPANGARDI, Dorothy (1956 - 2013)

    Dancing up country : the art of Dorothy Napangardi

    Sydney : Museum Of Contemporary Art, 2002. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 88, illustrated, light handling marks. Scarce. ‘Dancing up country: the art of Dorothy Napangardi presented a selection of paintings focusing on Dorothy Napangardi’s career from 1991 to 2002. These paintings were based around the Women’s Dreaming, sometimes known as Digging Sticks Dreaming, passed down …

  • Emily Kam Kngwarray

    # 45426

    PERKINS, Hetti et al.

    Emily Kam Kngwarray

    Edited by Kelli Cole, Hetti Perkins, Jennifer Green. Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2023. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 256, illustrated. New copy. ‘A comprehensive and richly illustrated publication celebrating the timeless art of Emily Kam Kngwarray — a pre-eminent Australian artist and one of the most significant painters of the 20th century. Emily …

  • [ABORIGINAL ART EXHIBITION POSTER] Sztuka aborygenów australijskich

    # 45518

    PAGOWSKI, Andrzej (designer); ASIA AND PACIFIC MUSEUM, WARSAW.

    [ABORIGINAL ART EXHIBITION POSTER] Sztuka aborygenów australijskich

    Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku w Warszawie / The Asia and Pacific Museum, Warsaw. Galeria Azjatycka ul. Freta 5. Mai 1990r. Warszawa : Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku, 1990. Exhibition poster, 660 x 930 mm, unmounted; light handling marks, a fine example. Text in Polish. The exhibition’s title translates to “Australian Aboriginal Art”. It appears to have …

  • Islands in the sun. Prints by indigenous artists of Australia and the Australasian region.

    # 46010

    BUTLER, Roger.

    Islands in the sun. Prints by indigenous artists of Australia and the Australasian region.

    Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2001. Quarto, illustrated cards, handling marks, short tear to head of spine, pp.116, illustrated. A good reference copy.

  • Inspired by Country.  Bark Paintings from Northern Australia - The Gerd and Helga Plewig Collection

    # 44786

    APPEL, Michaela

    Inspired by Country. Bark Paintings from Northern Australia – The Gerd and Helga Plewig Collection

    Munich : Hirmer Verlag GmbH, 2022. Folio, illustrated boards, pp. 224, illustrated. New copy. The Gerd and Helga Plewig Collection of Bark Paintings from Northern Australia with works mainly from the 1950s to 1970s is presently considered the best collection of its kind outside of Australia. It includes works from the Kimberley, Wadeye, the Tiwi …

  • Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori

    # 45424

    LECORNE, Juliette et al.

    Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori

    Paris : Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2022. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 259, illustrated. New copy. ‘In July 2022, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain will present the first exhibition of the work of Australian Indigenous artist Sally Gabori in France. Sally Gabori started painting at the age of 81 and produced over 3,000 paintings …

  • Ginger Riley

    # 45336

    RYAN, Judith

    Ginger Riley

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1997. Quarto, pictorial laminated card covers, pp 104, illustrated in colour throughout; a fine copy. Superb catalogue produced to accompany the landmark exhibition of the extraordinary work of Arnhem Land artist Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, held at the NGV, July 17-22, 1997.  

  • 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 …