Australian Indigenous Artists

  • Beyond Sacred. Recent paintings from Australia's remote Aboriginal communities : the collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty

    # 42640

    LAVERTY, Colin and Elizabeth, et al

    Beyond Sacred. Recent paintings from Australia’s remote Aboriginal communities : the collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty

    Melbourne : Hardie Grant Books, 2008. First edition. Folio (34 cm tall), boards in diecut folding dustjacket (very lightly marked), illustrated endpapers, pp. [viii]; 352, extensively illustrated. A comprehensive, visually stunning survey of recent Aboriginal art, with images of more than 250 paintings. It tells the story of Aboriginal art and its growing presence in …

  • John Mawurndjul : new paintings

    # 42568

    KOHEN, Apolline (curator)

    John Mawurndjul : new paintings

    Annandale, NSW : Annandale Galleries, 2004. Square octavo (210 x 210 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers, pp. 20, colour illustrations; a fine copy.  

  • Michael Cook

    # 42529

    COOK, Michael (1968 - )

    Michael Cook

    Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, circa 2015. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [20], illustrated. ‘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 a child, Cook …

  • Outside in : research engagements with Arnhem Land art : the Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, 30 August - 7 October 2001

    # 42320

    MORPHY, Francis (ed.)

    Outside in : research engagements with Arnhem Land art : the Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, 30 August – 7 October 2001

    / curators and catalogue essays, Jon Altman, Nigel Lendon, and Frances and Howard Morphy; catalogue editor, Frances Morphy. Canberra : Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, [2001]. Small square quarto (235 x 250 mm), pictorial laminated wrappers, pp. 36, with colour illustrations; a fine copy. ‘… the work of a curatorium consisting of Howard and …

  • Paddy Bedford : walking the line

    # 42293

    BEDFORD, Paddy

    Paddy Bedford : walking the line

    Kununurra, WA : P. Bedford, 2003. Oblong octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 87, illustrated. Catalogue for an exhibition held at GrantPierrie Gallery, Sydney, 2003. Includes many comments from his contemporaries. ‘Paddy Bedford is the elder statesman of Aboriginal art. This small collection of his work shows the complexity of his works in their sheer simplicity and …

  • The Heritage of Namatjira

    # 42282

    [NAMATJIRA]. HARDY, Jane, MEGAW, J.V.S., and MEGAW, M. Ruth

    The Heritage of Namatjira

    Curated by Angela Tidmarsh and J.V.S. Megaw on behalf of The Flinders University of South Australia; catalogue edited by M. Ruth Megaw. Melbourne : Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency, 1991. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light handling wear, pp. 36, illustrated. Includes historical photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission. Scarce. A very good copy.

  • The Heritage of Namatjira (education kit)

    # 42272

    [NAMATJIRA]. HARDY, Jane, MEGAW, J.V.S., and MEGAW, M. Ruth

    The Heritage of Namatjira (education kit)

    Melbourne : Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency, 1991. Quarto, illustrated portfolio, containing folding posters and educational teaching sheets on Namatjira and indigenous Australian painting. A fine copy. Scarce.

  • Ritual intimacy.

    # 42132

    THOMPSON, Christian (1978 - )

    Ritual intimacy.

    Caulfield East, Vic. : Monash University Museum of Art, 2017. Reprinted 2019. Small quarto (230 x 170 mm), pictorial card covers, 128 pp, 92 pages of colour plates of indigenous multidisciplinary artist Christian Thompson’s work; catalogue essays by Charlotte Day, Brian Catling and Marina Warner; Christian Thompson and Hetti Perkins in conversation; an as new …

  • Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    # 41906

    NAMATJIRA, Albert (1902-1959)

    Albert Namatjira : souvenir portfolio : six watercolours painted in Central Australia by foremost Australian Aboriginal artist.

    Artarmon, N.S.W. : Legend Press, [circa 1980]. Publisher’s illustrated envelope (a few light stains and tears with tape repair), 185 x 235 mm, housing six colour reproductions of paintings by Namatjira, each 175 x 225 mm (sheet size), plus a seventh sheet with biographical information and b/w photographic portrait of the artist. Scarce. The second issue, …

  • The art of Gloria Petyarr

    # 41873

    TURNER, Simon

    The art of Gloria Petyarr

    Melbourne : Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, 2001. Quarto, exhibition catalogue, pp. [6], essay by Simon Turner, illustrated.

  • Papunya Tula : contemporary paintings from Australia's Western Desert

    # 41246

    WEBER, John

    Papunya Tula : contemporary paintings from Australia’s Western Desert

    New York : John Weber Gallery, 1989. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [24], illustrated, a fine copy. With essays by Anthony Forge and John Weber. Includes works by Gladys Napanangka, William Sandy, Anatjari Tjakamarra, Michael Nelson Tjakamarra, Simon Tjakamarra, Anatjari Tjampitjinpa, Maxie Tjampitjinpa, Shorty Jackson Tjampitjinpa, Uta Uta Tjangala, Clifford Possum Tjapaltarri, Henry Reid Tjapaltarri, Joseph …

  • Taboo

    # 41238

    ANDREW, Brook (curator)

    Taboo

    Curated by Brook Andrew. Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2013. Octavo, cards in plastic dustjacket, pp. 175, illustrated. Printed in an edition of 750 copies. Scarce. ‘Published on the occasion of the exhibition curated by Brook Andrew at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, this book presents challenging encounters with a range of …

  • Colour country : art from Roper River

    # 41076

    BOWDLER, Cath

    Colour country : art from Roper River

    Wagga Wagga, NSW : Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, 2009. Small square quarto (210 x 210 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers, 92 pp., illustrated in colour; price sticker lower wrapper, else an excellent copy. An appropriately dazzling little catalogue produced to accompany a travelling exhibition of Roper River art, shown at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery 5 June …

  • Nangara : the Australian Aboriginal art exhibition from the Ebes Collection.

    # 41071

    EBES, Hank (1944 - )

    Nangara : the Australian Aboriginal art exhibition from the Ebes Collection.

    Brugge : Stichting Sint-Jan for Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, 1996. Quarto, gilt-lettered black cloth (lightly rubbed), pp. 100; [2]; 315, extensively illustrated, foxing to endpapers and title page. Complete in one volume. Introductory essays by Geoffrey Bardon, Robert Edwards and Richard Kimber. ‘This catalogue was published for Nangara, the Australian Aboriginal art exhibition from the …

  • Albert Namatjira : native artist /​ by F.W. Albrecht. Superintendent of the Finke River Mission, Hermannsburg, Central Australia

    # 40629

    ALBRECHT, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1894-1984.

    Albert Namatjira : native artist /​ by F.W. Albrecht. Superintendent of the Finke River Mission, Hermannsburg, Central Australia

    [Hermannsburg, N.T. : Finke River Mission, 1950]. Octavo, wrappers illustrated front and back (very lightly creased), stapled, [7] pp. Scarce. Copies are recorded in six Australian collections (Australian Lutheran College; Flinders University Theological Library; National Library of Australia; National Museum of Australia Library; Macquarie University Library; Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. Peter Spillett Library).

  • The heart of everything : the art and artists of Mornington & Bentinck Islands

    # 40671

    EVANS, Nicholas; MARTIN-CHEW, Louise; MEMMOTT, Paul

    The heart of everything : the art and artists of Mornington & Bentinck Islands

    Fitzroy, Vic. : McCulloch and McCulloch Australian Art Books (in association with Woomera Aboriginal Corporation. Mornington Island Arts & Craft), [2008].Quarto (275 x 210 mm), pictorial boards, 100 pp., colour and b/w illustrations, bibliography, map; a fine copy.