Australian Indigenous Artists

  • 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.

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  • 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 – …

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  • 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 …

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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 …

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Aboriginal art galleries of western New South Wales. Part 3

    # 44440

    BLACK, Lindsay

    Aboriginal art galleries of western New South Wales. Part 3

    Being a continuation of a series on the Aborigines of the Darling River Valley and of Central New South Wales. Burial Trees being Part 1. Cylcons. The Mystery Stones of the Darling River Valley being Part 2. Foreword by C. P. Mountford. [S.l. : s.n.], 1943. Octavo, lettered wrappers (lightly foxed), pp. 76, illustrated with …

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  • Groote Eylandt art : Leonhard Adam Ethnological Collection, part one.

    # 44462

    GUNN, Grazia

    Groote Eylandt art : Leonhard Adam Ethnological Collection, part one.

    Parkville, Vic. : University of Melbourne, [1973]. Small quarto (240 x 210 mm), spiral bound pictorial wrappers, 45 pp, illustrated in colour and b/w; a very good copy; with a loosely enclosed typed letter from the Vice-Principal of the University of Melbourne, Ray Marginson, dated 18 June 1986, presenting this copy to Werribee Councillor Frank …

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  • Quandamooka, the art of Kath Walker

    # 44376

    BEIER, Ulli

    Quandamooka, the art of Kath Walker

    Bathurst, N.S.W., Australia : Robert Brown and Associates in association with the Aboriginal Artists Agency, 1985. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 72, illustrated. Drawings with explanatory notes by the artist; biographical information, life on Stradbroke Island.

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  • The art of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri

    # 44230

    JOHNSON, Vivien

    The art of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri

    Sydney : Gordon and Breach International, 1994. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 177, extensively illustrated, a fine copy. ‘Comprehensive account of the life and work of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri; 60 paintings are illustrated and annotated; includes description of the artists country with maps of important sites, biographical detail of early life including contact with …

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  • Printed: images in colonial Australia 1801 - 1901 [with] Printed: images by Australian artists 1885 - 1955 [and] Printed: images by Australian Artists 1942 - 2020

    # 44156

    BUTLER, Roger

    Printed: images in colonial Australia 1801 – 1901 [with] Printed: images by Australian artists 1885 – 1955 [and] Printed: images by Australian Artists 1942 – 2020

    Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2007 – 2021. Three volumes, quarto, pictorial boards in dustjackets, light handling wear to the dustjacket of the second volume, a few spots of foxing, otherwise fine, pp. 294; 328; 416, extensively illustrated in colour, a very good set. The complete set of Roger Butler’s comprehensive survey of printmaking …

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  • Vincent Namatjira – The Royal Tour [Expanded Second Edition]

    # 44144

    NAMATJIRA, Vincent

    Vincent Namatjira – The Royal Tour [Expanded Second Edition]

    Melbourne : Perimeter Editions, 2023. Quarto (320 x 240 mm), illustrated wrappers, pp. 48, illustrated. New copy. Perimeter Editions 086. ‘To follow the first edition published in 2020, the expanded second edition of The Royal Tour features recent work from Vincent Namatjira. These paintings, shown on the inside covers, continue the artist’s thematic exploration from …

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  • Aboriginal art of the Western Desert

    # 44102

    BARDON, Geoff

    Aboriginal art of the Western Desert

    Melbourne : Rigby, 1979. First edition. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket (sunned on spine and upper corner of jacket, a few marks and edge wear), pp. 71, illustrated. A good copy The first edition of the first book on the Papunya Tula art movement. Includes 24 illustrated works by Old Walter Tjampatjimpa, Johnny Warrangula Tjaparula, …

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